Information AboutAlfred Beit |
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Born in Hamburg , he emigrated to Cape Colony in 1875 during the "diamond rush" at Kimberley . He became one of a group of financiers who gained control of the diamond-mining claims in the Central, Dutoitspan , and De Beers mines and became life-governor of De Beers and also a director of numerous other companies such as the British South Africa Company , Rand Mines , Rhodesia Railways and the Beira Railway Company . With Cecil Rhodes , he financed the unsuccessful Jameson Raid of late 1895 which was intended to trigger a coup in the South African Republic in the Transvaal . On his death, the Beit trust came into existence. He bequeathed large sums of money for university education and research in South Africa, Rhodesia, Britain and Germany . In recognition of these bequests the Royal School Of Mines , in London, erected a large memorial to Beit flanking the entrance to its building. SEE ALSO : |
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