Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, the Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarships

by Philip Ziegler

Book Overview

To be chosen as a Rhodes Scholar is to join the company of a highly select group: former scholars include presidents, prime ministers, ambassadors, archbishops, authors, judges, and other important figures. Over 7,000 individuals have received the world's most prestigious scholarship in the century since Cecil John Rhodes, the British-born founder of the De Beers diamond company, established through his will the Rhodes Trust and Rhodes scholarships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030011835X
• ISBN13: 9780300118353
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"