Cecil John Rhodes

Standard Name: Rhodes, Cecil John

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Dedications Olive Schreiner
Schreiner dedicated the work to Sir George Grey , an English administrator whom she admired for his commitment to Dutch, English, and native Africans alike: the antithesis of Cecil Rhodes .
First, Ruth, and Ann Scott. Olive Schreiner. André Deutsch, 1980.
231
Schreiner, Olive. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland. T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.
dedication
Clayton, Cherry. Olive Schreiner. Twayne, 1997.
101
She...
Family and Intimate relationships Elinor Mordaunt
Evelyn May Clowes was engaged to a man who was killed exploring in Africa (on an expedition funded by Cecil Rhodes ). This bereavement was a matter of great grief to her. The family expectation...
Friends, Associates Flora Shaw
While in Egypt FS had the good fortune of meeting C. F. Moberly Bell , who became influential in advancing her career in journalism.
Callaway, Helen, and Dorothy O. Helly. “Crusader for Empire: Flora Shaw / Lady Lugard”. Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance, edited by Nupur Chaudhuri and Margaret Strobel, Indiana University Press, 1992, pp. 79-97.
84
In 1899 she first met the wealthy empire-builder Cecil Rhodes
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, 2001.
180
In...
Friends, Associates Dorothy Wellesley
DW was about eleven when the great influence of the African imperialist George Goldie (whose biography she was later to write) came into her life. When he answered yes to the question whether he had...
Intertextuality and Influence Flora Shaw
FS devotes a great deal of space to mining operations and to relations between the Dutch and the English settlers. After briefly describing the underground part of the De Beers Company diamond mines in Kimberley...
Literary responses Olive Schreiner
Both publishers' readers and, later, reviewers disapproved of the fictional use of Christ. They also had trouble with the book's highflown style. The book's first, generous print-run sold out rapidly; it became a popular sensation...
politics Olive Schreiner
OS sympathised with the Boers, but initially respected Cecil Rhodes , who hoped to unite South Africa under the British flag. Later she realised the brutal suppression of the native people which would result from...
politics Olive Schreiner
With her husband, OS became involved in South African politics. Essentially, they were socialists, who opposed the racist, imperialist, and capitalist policies of the South African leaders. After initially becoming a friend of prime minister...
politics Rudyard Kipling
Always an admirer of the administrators, the soldiers, and their women who made the empire function,
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Kipling became increasingly imperialistic and nationalistic in the second part of his life. In South Africa, he admired...
Publishing Flora Shaw
In the Fortnightly ReviewFS published, under her name, The British South Africa Company, an article in praise of Cecil Rhodes , the founder of the Company.
Shaw, Flora. “The British South Africa Company”. Fortnightly Review, Vol.
52
, 1889, pp. 662-8.
662-8
Textual Features Olive Schreiner
Many South Africans, including members of Schreiner's own family, supported Rhodes 's proposal for a country united under the British flag. OS , however, had become disillusioned with Rhodes, and her essays expose his ruthless...
Textual Features Jan Morris
Compared with its predecessor, said Johns , this volume reflects a growing awareness of the iniquities of the imperial system.
Johns, Derek. Ariel. A Literary Life of Jan Morris. Faber and Faber, 2016.
134
It opens on a female observer of empire, the witty and accomplishedEmily Eden
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...
Textual Production Flora Shaw
This letter appealed to Jameson for help from a representative of the British residents of the Transvaal: Thousands of unarmed men, women and children of our race, will be at the mercy of well-armed Boers...

Timeline

29 October 1889: The British South Africa Company under Cecil...

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29 October 1889

The British South Africa Company under Cecil Rhodes was chartered; the following year Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
587
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
855
Strachey, Lytton. Queen Victoria. Harcourt Brace, 1921.
199, 216n11

17 July 1890: Cecil John Rhodes, founder of the British...

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17 July 1890

Cecil John Rhodes , founder of the British South Africa Company , became the prime minister of Cape Colony.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
228
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
247

29 December 1895-2 January 1896: The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander...

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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.
Strachey, Lytton. Queen Victoria. Harcourt Brace, 1921.
198, 203, 216n11

26 March 1902: Cecil Rhodes died, leaving a trust producing...

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26 March 1902

Cecil Rhodes died, leaving a trust producing nearly £52,000 per annum to fund fifty-two (at first) graduate scholarships each year to Oxford . They were not, under the terms of his will, open to women...

1976: Women became eligible for Rhodes Scholarships...

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1976

Women became eligible for Rhodes Scholarships (established after the death of Cecil Rhodes on 26 March 1902) for the first time.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
364

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