Collaborative Biography of Cecil J. Rhodes

FAIN: RO-20302-82

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA 02139-4307)
Robert I. Rotberg (Project Director: April 1981 to October 1990)

To support collaborative work by a historian and a psychiatrist on a biography of Cecil Rhodes, a central figure in British imperialism in Africa. The work is expected to provide new insights into the personality of Rhodes, the historyof imperialism, and the psychology of leadership.