Timeline March 1902

Events in March 1902 4

• 1853 – 1902 Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) Died 26 March 1902, aged 48 Rhodes was a British-born businessman and politician who founded the diamond company De Beers and served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. He was a driving force behind British colonial expansion in southern Africa, and the territories of Rhodesia were named after him.
• 1902 The Hound of the Baskervilles Published Arthur Conan Doyle revives Sherlock Holmes in book form Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles," serialized in The Strand Magazine since 1901, was published in book form on March 25. It became one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories and remains widely read and adapted today.
• 1902 – 1984 Flora Robson (1902-1984) English actress, twice Queen Elizabeth I on film and a Dame of the British stage.
• 1902 Flora Robson born in South Shields Flora Robson is born in South Shields.