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- British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
How To Use Cecil Rhodes In A Sentence
- Cecil Rhodes once said that those who oppose civil war must support colonialism.
- It would still have been a mistake to lionize Witt for choosing only the rite of passage, football, over its intended outcome, the civic leadership cherished by Cecil Rhodes and, once upon a time, by Yale. Jim Sleeper: Why Yale Fumbled Its Quarterback's Rhodes Scholarship Pass
- To be born an Englishman,” Cecil Rhodes supposedly said, “is to win first prize in the lottery of life.
