So Much to Do’
Oxford and the Wills of Cecil Rhodes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11944243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Walker (0000-0002-1922-5686), George J Walker (Walker (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 697-716 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086534.2016.1211295 |
| OpenAlex | W2508443022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) safeguarded his imperial vision with a series of wills. Sensing that his life would be relatively short, he left to his trustees the task of carrying out his wishes after his death. He also left a substantial fortune to make it possible. This article uses those wills to follow the development of Rhodes’ ‘big idea’, the creation of a secret society to promote imperial expansion, from its birth in Oxford to the final compromise of the Rhodes Scholarships. The article questions the existence of a much-quoted teenage will, examines the influences on Rhodes at Oxford that led to the famous ‘Confession of Faith’ will and identifies a link between the 1892 will and the Mandela Rhodes scholarships founded in 2003
Big Idea · Compromise · Confession (law · Faith · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious Education and Schools
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |