Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Cecil Rhodes across 6 places, from 1853 to 1890.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 to 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Cecil Rhodes was documented, and when
1853year
Bishop's Stortfordattested“Rhodes was born in 1853 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, the fourth son and sixth child of the Reverend Francis William Rhodes (1807–1878) and his wife, Louisa Peacock.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1 September 1870exact date
Durbanattested“Arriving in Durban on 1 September 1870, Rhodes lived on money lent to him by Sophia, who had also helped pay for his passage.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
January 1874month
Oxfordattested“By January 1874, he was back in South Africa and would not return to Oxford until 1876.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
January 1874month
South Africaattested“By January 1874, he was back in South Africa and would not return to Oxford until 1876.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1889year
Londonattested“Contrary to what the British government and the public had been allowed to think, the Rudd Concession was not vested in the British South Africa Company, but in a short-lived ancillary concern of Rhodes, Rudd and a few others called the…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1890year
Kimberley, South Africaattested“Financed by N M Rothschild & Sons, Rhodes and his brother spent the next seventeen years buying up all the smaller diamond mining operations in the Kimberley area, and in 1890, their monopoly over the world's diamond supply would be seal…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
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1872year
Englandmentioned“On returning to England in 1872, his health again deteriorated with heart and lung problems, to the extent that his doctor, Sir Morell Mackenzie, believed he would survive only six months.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
July 1873month
South Africamentioned“In July 1873, Rhodes and his brother Frank left South Africa and sailed for England.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1877year
Oxfordmentioned“In what he described as "a draft of some of my ideas" written in 1877 while a student at Oxford, Rhodes said of the English, "I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is f…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1889year
Limpopo Rivermentioned“Armed with the Rudd Concession, in 1889 Rhodes obtained a charter from the British Government for his British South Africa Company (BSAC) to rule, police, and make new treaties and concessions from the Limpopo River to the great lakes of…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1889year
Limpopomentioned“Armed with the Rudd Concession, in 1889 Rhodes obtained a charter from the British Government for his British South Africa Company (BSAC) to rule, police, and make new treaties and concessions from the Limpopo River to the great lakes of…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1892year
Nooitgedacht, South Africamentioned“In 1892, Rhodes financed The Pioneer Fruit Growing Company at Nooitgedacht, a venture created by Harry Pickstone, an Englishman with growing fruit in California.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1892year
Californiamentioned“In 1892, Rhodes financed The Pioneer Fruit Growing Company at Nooitgedacht, a venture created by Harry Pickstone, an Englishman with growing fruit in California.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
June 1896month
Londonmentioned“He remained Managing Director of the BSAC (with power of attorney to take decisions without reference back to the Board in London) until June 1896, defying Chamberlain's calls to resign, and he gave instructions that no mercy be shown in…”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1897year
Mashonalandmentioned“Rhodes returned to Mashonaland, further overseeing the suppression of the uprising there into 1897.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1897year
Bulawayomentioned“He built a house for himself in 1897 in Bulawayo.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1902year
Bulawayomentioned“After his death in the Cape in 1902, his body was transported by train to Bulawayo.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
1902year
Muizenbergmentioned“From age 40 his heart condition returned with increasing severity until his death from heart failure in 1902, aged 48, at his seaside cottage in Muizenberg.”source: Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes
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