The Life and Work of Cecil Rhodes

Further Reading

There are many books and articles about Cecil Rhodes and the Rhodes Scholarships. A selection include:

• George Parkin, The Rhodes Scholarships (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1912)
• Frank Aydelotte, The vision of Cecil Rhodes (Oxford University Press, 1946; also published under the title The American Rhodes Scholarships: A review of the first forty years).
• Lord Elton (ed), The first fifty years of the Rhodes Trust and the Rhodes Scholarships 1903-1953 (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1955).
• R.I. Rotberg, The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power (Oxford University Press, New York, 1988).
• Sir Anthony Kenny (ed.), The History of the Rhodes Trust (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001).
• Philip Ziegler, Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, The Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarships (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008).
• South African History Online entry on Cecil John Rhodes.