supporter of imperialism

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• Imperialism in Asia — This article is part of the New Imperialism series. Origins of New Imperialism Imperialism in Asia The Scramble for Africa Theories of New Imperialism Imperialism in Asia traces its roots …   Wikipedia

• Hobson, John Atkinson — (1858–1940)    John Hobson, an economist, political commentator, and activist, formulated what has been probably the single most influential theory of imperialism in his volume Imperialism: A Study (1902).    Hobson was the son of a Derbyshire… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Mackinder, Sir Halford — (1861–1947)    A geographer, theorist of Britain’s world role, and a prominent supporter of British imperialism. A polymath, Mackinder studied both modern history and the sciences at Oxford before becoming active in the University extension… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Dernburg Reforms — (1909–1910)    Reforms that overhauled the German colonial system following public outrage over colonial corruption scandals and the bloody suppression of the Herero and Maji Maji revolts. Under the guidance of former businessman Bernhard von… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Kipling, Joseph Rudyard — (1865–1936)    A note British poet and author, Rudyard Kipling is now somewhat inaccurately remembered as an uncritical propagandist of imperialism. Kipling was born in India to English parents. He was left alone in England from the age of six,… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Russian Empire —    During the nineteenth century, tsarist Russia was the largest contiguous empire in the world. Stretching from Polish lands in the west to the Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Empire was a Eurasian power and consequently played a… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Smuts, Jan Christiaan — (1870–1950)    Prime minister of South Africa, a British imperial statesman, and a Boer general during the Boer War of 1899–1902, Jan Smuts went on to become a British field marshal and an advocate of Commonwealth unity. Smuts was the son of a… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount — (1769–1823)    An Anglo Irish politician and British Foreign Secretary, Castlereagh, a courtesy title he assumed in 1796 owing to his father’s Irish marquisate, was initially a Whig, but the events of the French Revolution drove him to the Tories …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Asquith, Herbert Henry, Earl of Oxford and Asquith — (1852–1928)    British prime minister from 1908 to 1916. Asquith entered politics on the radical wing of the Liberal Party, but in 1914 it was he who took the decision to lead Britain into World War I.    Asquith won a scholarship to Balliol… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• David, Jacques Louis — (1748–1825)    One of the greatest of the French neoclassicist painters. Among his most famous works, the Oath of the Horatii, completed in 1784, idealized the classical virtues of stoicism and masculine patriotism and established a severe yet… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Delcassé, Théophile — (1852–1923)    A French journalist and statesman, Théophile Delcassé may be regarded as the founder of the Third Republic’s strategic diplomacy. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1889, he held various cabinet posts throughout his… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914