Rhodes Scholarship
When Cecil John Rhodes founded his world-wide Scholarship scheme in 1902, he selected four South African schools as part of that scheme. The schools are St Andrew's College in Grahamstown, Bishops and SACS in Cape Town and Paul Roos in Stellenbosch.
The Rhodes Scholarship generously funds study at Oxford University, where the fees are around £25,000 per year.
One has to be a very strong academic to be selected as a Rhodes Scholar, but the scholarship also has three other sets of criteria:
- leadership and character
- community involvement
- sporting achievement
Any boy or girl who has studied for a minimum of three terms at St Andrew's College is eligible to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship after completing a university degree.
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St Andrew's College Rhodes Scholars
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1903 C J Gardner 1904 WW Hoskin 1905 W K Flemmer 1906 R H Williamson 1907 S N Cronjé 1908 D L Nicholas 1909 L R Broster 1910 H F Sampson 1911 W F Skaife 1912 R F Currey 1913 B G D Rudd 1914 N E Macgregor G W H Nicolson 1915 J S D Clarke 1916 A E M Jansen 1917 A P P Hutton 1918 C A H Green 1919 F J Oliver 1920 L A Rose-Innes 1921 T P Theron 1922 G J Wevell 1923 A R Mullins 1924 E M Brayshaw 1925 H C Mullins 1926 J A d'A Rowley 1927 T W Gubb 1928 G F Bader 1929 H Rees 1930 J V Oosthuizen 1931 K E Driver 1932 C D Cruickshank 1933 A W Gubb 1934 R N Mullins 1935 C J Laubscher 1936 A Tait-Knight 1937 C S Gardner
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1938 C Bennett 1939 A W Little 1940 D H Sampson 1941 D W Lardner-Burke 1942 No Award 1943 No Award 1944 No Award 1945 No Award 1946 W G Boustred P F D Wallis 1947 D D V Kannemeyer 1948 I G Thomson 1949 A D Ferguson 1950 C J L Griffith 1951 P A A Back 1952 D P Hodgson 1953 M St.L Searle 1954 R A Plumbridge 1955 M J K Biggs 1956 W D Chalmers 1957 I Duncan Brown 1958 D L van Coller 1959 No Award 1960 T R Brown 1961 SWP Meintje 1962 K W Maxwell 1963 P B Gradwell 1964 R B Anderson 1965 No Award 1966 L G Black 1967 D H Anderson 1968 R H Formes 1969 T D Cloete 1970 B D Belchers 1971 D S Walton 1972 A H Brukman
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1973 C A Saner 1974 A D Judge 1975 M A King 1976 No Award 1977 No Award 1978 J H Maree 1979 S H Cole 1980 No Award 1981 A W Still 1982 T A Nuttall 1983 A C Ball 1984 No Award 1985 P M Clayton 1986 A J Rolfe 1987 A J McJannet 1988 No Award 1989 A J E la Trobe 1990 C F N Todd 1991 No Award 1992 M C Faralla 1993 A K Norton 1994 D P Amm 1995 M A Tindall 1996 C R Kenyon 1997 D K McKellar 1998 H B Mathiesen 1999 M Fassler 2000 P Credé 2001 K B Mathiesen 2002 A M Paterson 2003 No Award 2004 A C Knox 2005 K L Collett 2006 P B Southey 2007 N Palmer
2008 A P K Craig 2009 C Eley
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