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Facts about Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Andrew Carnegie's father worked as a jobbing hand loom weaver.

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During the pre-war period, Andrew Carnegie had formed a partnership with a Mr. Woodruff, inventor of the sleeping car.

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Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-born American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel.

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The 12-year-old Andrew Carnegie found work in the same building as a "bobbin boy" for the sum of $1.20 a week.

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William Thomson CBE, the great grandson of Andrew, is Chairman of the Carnegie Trust Dunfermline, a trust that maintains Andrew Carnegie's legacy.

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Andrew Carnegie's direct descendants still live in Scotland today.

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By 1889, the U.S. output of steel exceeded that of the UK, and Andrew Carnegie owned a large part of it.

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Andrew Carnegie's share of this amounted to a massive $225,639,000, which was paid to Carnegie in the form of fine percent, 50-year gold bonds.

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In 1960 Hill published an abridged version of the book containing the Andrew Carnegie formula for wealth creation, which for years was the only version generally available.

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The internal organization of his businesses was not the only reason for Andrew Carnegie's rise to pre-eminence.

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Andrew Carnegie spent his last years as a philanthropist.

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Andrew Carnegie's education and passion for reading was given a great boost by Colonel James Anderson, who opened his personal library of four hundred volumes to working boys each Saturday night.

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In 1881 Andrew Carnegie took his family, which included his mother, then aged 70, on a trip to Great Britain.

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Another great influence on the young Andrew Carnegie was his uncle, George Lauder, a proprietor of a small grocer's shop in Dunfermline High Street.

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Andrew Carnegie’s legacy lives on in the hundreds of libraries, institutions, and philanthropic efforts that his wealth made possible.