Randlord

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• Randlord — is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I.A small number of European adventurers and financiers, largely of the same… …   Wikipedia

• Jim B. Taylor — (1860–1944), was a South African Randlord born December 1860 in Cape Town. He was married on 10 March 1891 to Mary Mollie Gordon, daughter of a Pietermaritzburg physician. They produced a family of 4 children.Jim Taylor followed the normal route… …   Wikipedia

• Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …   Wikipedia

• Johannesburg — Infobox Settlement official name = Johannesburg native name = nickname = Joburg; Jozi; Sauvageville, Egoli ( City of Gold ); Gauteng Maboneng ( City of Lights ); Joburg my Joburg, Joni; Africa s greatest City settlement type = motto = Unity in… …   Wikipedia

• Rand — may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms:Places* Rand, New South Wales, a small town in Australia * Rand, Lincolnshire, a small village in Lincolnshire, England * Rand, Colorado, a small unincorporated community in… …   Wikipedia

• Kempston — For the manufacturer of the Kempston joystick, see Kempston Micro Electronics. Coordinates: 52°06′50″N 0°29′49″W / 52.114°N 0.497°W / …   Wikipedia

• Royal School of Mines — comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/earthscience] , and Materials [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/materials] at Imperial College London. HistoryThe Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the …   Wikipedia

• Barney Barnato — (born Barnett Isaacs) (5 July 1852 – 14 June 1897) was a South African Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s. Background He was born in 1852 in a slum in… …   Wikipedia

• Parktown, Gauteng — Parktown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was begun in 1892, when Florence Phillips rode north from the dusty mining town of early Johannesburg and found a ridge (on which the present suburbs of Westcliff, Parktown and Linksfield are …   Wikipedia

• Jews' Free School — (also known as JFS) is a Jewish secondary school in Kenton, north London. It presently accepts both male and female students. At one time it had more than 4,000 students attending [http://www.jfs.brent.sch.uk/jfs history.aspx] . The school has… …   Wikipedia