Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Leander Starr Jameson
Standard Name: Jameson, Leander Starr
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Bessie Head | Inspired by her early, uncritical admiration for Khama III, Chief of Bechuanaland
, the book moved to the intention of depicting him warts and all (using a title given him by his people, Mother Winter... |
| politics | Rudyard Kipling | Always an admirer of the administrators, the soldiers, and their women who made the empire function, |
| Friends, Associates | Rudyard Kipling | Despite RD's admiration for Cecil Rhodes
, Alfred Milner
, and Leander Starr Jameson
, he also liked and respected the explorer Mary Kingsley
, whose political views were nothing like this own. Harper, Lila Marz. Solitary Travelers. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 180 |
| Textual Production | Flora Shaw | The architects of the Jameson Raid (financed by Cecil Rhodes
, led by Leander Starr Jameson
) used this intentionally undated letter to justify to the British public (after the fact) the armed incursion into... |
Timeline
29 December 1895-2 January 1896: The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander...
National or international item
29 December 1895-2 January 1896
The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander Starr Jameson
and financed by Cecil Rhodes
, tried to annex the Transvaal for British South Africa.
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