Cecil John Rhodes Statue March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. An ardent believer in British colonialism, Rhodes was the founder of the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which was named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after Rhodes. He set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate. Cecil John Rhodes Statue The Cecil John Rhodes Statue is a monument erected at Company's Garden in Cape Town. The statue was erected in 1908. It features a full body replica of Rhodes wearing a three-piece suit, standing with
Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire Rhodesia is a village and parish located in the county of Nottinghamshire in England. The population of the civil parish was 982 at the 2011 census. The village lies just outside the town of Worksop in the District of Bassetlaw and lies approximately 20 miles from Sheffield. It was named after the erstwhile chairman of the nearby Shireoaks Colliery, G. Preston Rhodes. Rhodesia is a small ex-mining village consisting of just over three hundred houses, a pub at Woodend, one shop, a school and a village hall. Part of the village is bordered by the Chesterfield Canal and