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Born: 25 November 1835 · Died: 11 August 1919 · Age at death: 83
Andrew Carnegie died aged 83. He was born on 25 November 1835 and died on 11 August 1919.
Scottish-born steel magnate who became one of the richest Americans and gave away most of his fortune to libraries and education
Did you know?He funded the establishment of over 2,500 public libraries worldwide, believing that the wealthy had a moral obligation to give back to society.
Andrew Carnegie went from poor immigrant to one of the richest people in history. His family left Dunfermline in Scotland for Pittsburgh when he was 12. He started as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill and then a telegraph messenger. He rose in the railways and invested in steel. Carnegie Steel became the largest steel company in the world. In 1901 he sold it to J. P. Morgan. He gave away most of his fortune, funding about 2,500 libraries and Carnegie Hall.
Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.
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Scottish-American industrialist, 1835–1919
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline on 25 November 1835.
His family moved to Pittsburgh in 1848.
He sold Carnegie Steel in 1901.
He funded Carnegie Hall in New York.
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Did you know?He wrote that "the man who dies rich dies disgraced".
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