Poem about Cecil John Rhodes by Rudyard Kipling

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MSS.Afr.s.1772

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Poem, "CJR", by Rudyard Kipling, read at Cecil John Rhodes' graveside, and letter to F.W. Rhodes about the poem, 1902. Manuscript.

Dates

Creation: 1902

Extent

2 ff.

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1772].

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Shelfmark:

MSS.Afr.s.1772

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 2785

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), poet and writer (works include The Jungle Book , 1894, and The Second Jungle Book, 1895). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

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Listed as no. 1201 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).