Carnegie, Andrew

An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carnegie, a self-made man, immigrated to the United States from Scotland without money and made millions in the steel industry. He sold his steel interests in 1901 and gave most of the proceeds away, largely to educational, cultural, and peacemaking organizations. For example, Carnegie money went toward the founding of free public libraries in many cities and to the establishment of Carnegie Hall , the famous concert hall in New York City .

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Examine photographs of Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, and Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.

I no longer need to buy books or get the newspaper delivered or go to the library Andrew Carnegie paid for.

Andrew Carnegie sold off his steel empire to J.P. Morgan in 1901 and called it a day.

TIAA-CREF, which traces its origins to an organization started by Andrew Carnegie in 1918, is a fantastic organization.

Immigrants also compose a key source of American entrepreneurs, from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to Intel founder Andy Grove.

Andrew Carnegie had his secretary write that he favored an act along the lines of "Britain."

There is also a rate-supported public library in a building erected at the expense of the late Andrew Carnegie.

Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

Gift of $30,000 for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

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