Profile
Andrew Carnegie: The Steel King
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.
Career highlights
- 1848Pittsburgh: emigrates
- 1889Gospel of Wealth: essay
- 1891Carnegie Hall: opens
- 1892Homestead: strike
- 1901U.S. Steel: sale
Did you know?He wrote that "the man who dies rich dies disgraced".