Andrew Carnegie

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Born

November 25, 1835

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Died

August 11, 1919 (aged 83)

Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.

Resting place

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.

Occupation

Industrialist, Philanthropist

Known for

Founding and leading the Carnegie Steel Company

Founding the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Hero Fund

Political party

Republican[1]

Spouse(s)

Louise Whitfield ​(m. 1887)​

Children

Margaret Carnegie Miller

Parent(s)

William Carnegie

Margaret Morrison Carnegie

Relatives

Thomas M. Carnegie (Brother) George Lauder (1st Cousin) George Lauder, Sr. (Uncle)


Andrew Carnegie (Scots pronunciation: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi], English approximation: /kɑːrˈnɛɡi/ kar-NEH-ghee;[2][3][note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialistand philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.[5] He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $5.2 billion in 2020),[6] almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities.[7] His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.

Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848 at age 12. Carnegie started work as a telegrapher, and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman, raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J. P. Morgan in 1901 for $303,450,000;[8] it formed the basis of the U.S. Steel Corporation. After selling Carnegie Steel, he surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest American for the next several years.

Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education, and scientific research. With the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, and the Peace Palace and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others.

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Short Video Presentation as Andrew Carnegie

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville Public Library

2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSkPaniDiqA