Historedia
Person

Alfred Beit

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1888

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Alfred Beit, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. De Beers Consolidated Mines founded in Kimberley

    1888

    Role: Financier

    1. 1888 · KimberleyMerger of Mining Interests

      De Beers Consolidated Mines was formed in 1888 by merging the companies of diamond magnates Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes.

    2. 13 March 1888 · KimberleyFounding of De Beers Consolidated Mines

      Rhodes and Rudd launched the company on 13 March 1888, per a single passage, merging individual claims with financial support from N.M. Rothschild.

Sources

  1. De Beers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29