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Cecil John Rhoes, PC (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902) was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 60% of the world's rough diamonds and at one time marketed 90%. He was an ardent believer in colonialism and was the founder of the state of Rhodesia, which was named after him. Rhodesia, later Northern and Southern Rhodesia, eventually became Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively. He is also especially known today for the scholarship that bears his name.

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  • The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the former home of this statesman
  • Known to many as The Colossus, this man was elected to the Cape Colony Assembly in 1881
  • A Punch cartoon showed this man like an ancient wonder standing over Africa, one foot on the Cape, one on Cairo
  • You might call this Oxford graduate the "colossus of scholarships"
  • The African nation Zimbabwe was formerly named for this Englishman
  • For a while, this statesman who established an Oxford scholarship also had a country named for him
  • At his death in 1902, he left most of his fortune to establish a scholarship program to study at Oxford
  • In 1888 he gained control of the Kimberley Mine
  • The July 1, 1899 will of this Cape Colony's prime minister formed the basis of his scholarship program
  • A territory in Africa & a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name
  • Unable to attend university, he went to Africa in 1870 & made his fortune
  • The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the estate of this 19th century diamond king
  • Later the namesake of an African country, he served as prime minister of Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896
  • He was a diamond in the rough when he arrived in South Africa in 1870; he later dominated the diamond industry
  • In 1890 this British financier & empire builder was elected prime minister of Cape Colony
  • Born on July 5, 1853 in Hertfordshire, he later founded the De Beers mining company
  • "So little done -- so much to do" were the 1902 last words of this British Empire bulider in Africa

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