Andrew Carnegie

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business magnate industrialist person philanthropist

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of history’s most prominent benefactors of education and science.

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Label	Occurrences
Andrew Carnegie canonical	127
Andrew Carnegie’s steel empire	1
Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business magnate ⓘ industrialist ⓘ person ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
advocatedFor	arbitration to resolve international disputes ⓘ world peace ⓘ
authored	Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ⓘ The Gospel of Wealth ⓘ Triumphant Democracy ⓘ
birthDate	1835-11-25 ⓘ
birthPlace	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States ⓘ
businessPartner	Henry Clay Frick ⓘ
child	Margaret Carnegie Miller ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1919-08-11 ⓘ
employer	Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
era	Gilded Age ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Scottish ⓘ
familyName	Carnegie ⓘ
founded	Carnegie Corporation of New York ⓘ Carnegie Corporation of New York ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Carnegie Hero Fund ⓘ Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ Carnegie Mellon University (through merger of Carnegie Technical Schools) ⓘ Carnegie Steel Company ⓘ Carnegie Mellon University (through merger of Carnegie Technical Schools) ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Technical Schools Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland ⓘ Carnegie United Kingdom Trust ⓘ
fullName	Andrew Carnegie self-link ⓘ
funded	construction of Carnegie libraries across the English-speaking world ⓘ
givenName	Andrew ⓘ
immigratedTo	United States of America ⓘ
immigrationYear	1848 ⓘ
knownFor	leading the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century ⓘ major philanthropy in education ⓘ major philanthropy in libraries ⓘ major philanthropy in science and peace initiatives ⓘ
marriageDate	1887-04-22 ⓘ
nationalityDescriptor	Scottish-American ⓘ
netWorthStatus	one of the richest Americans in history ⓘ
notableIdea	The Gospel of Wealth ⓘ surface form: The Gospel of Wealth (doctrine of philanthropy)
occupation	industrialist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ steel manufacturer ⓘ
philanthropicFocus	higher education ⓘ peace movements ⓘ public libraries ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lenox, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ
soldCompanyTo	United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
spouse	Louise Whitfield Carnegie ⓘ

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Suva City Carnegie Library → namedAfter → Andrew Carnegie ⓘ

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Carnegie Medal → namedAfter → Andrew Carnegie ⓘ