Andrew Carnegie

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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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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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