Cecil John Rhodes statue

Item

Title

Cecil John Rhodes statue

Creator

Sir Herbert Baker

Date Created

1910

Type

Statue

Description

The man who consolidated thousands of small diggings in Kimberley to found De Beers Consolidated Mines was Cecil Rhodes, who then used the profits to extend into gold mining in and around Johannesburg.

Is Part Of

Geological Sciences
History

Source

Liebenberg, N. 2021. Stow: A Geological Fieldguide of UCT. Digital Bleek and Lloyd. Centre for Curating the Archive. University of Cape Town.

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Cecil John Rhodes statue