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Group    From 1888 

De Beers

Categories: Commerce

Countries: South Africa

De Beers

Diamond miners and traders. Although the company was founded by Cecil Rhodes, the name is derived from two Dutch brothers, Diederik Arnoldus and Johannes Nicolaas De Beer. 

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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De Beers

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Sir Christopher Hatton

Sir Christopher Hatton Sir Christopher Hatton was born in 1540 and died in 15...

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Raymond Montague Burton

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Alec W. Poupart

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Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

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