Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie 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... Wikipedia

• Born:  November 25, 1835, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
• Age at death:  83 years
• Died:  August 11, 1919, Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.
• Resting place:  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
• Occupation:  Industrialist, philanthropist
• Known for:  Founding and leading the Carnegie Steel Company Founding the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Hero Fund
• Political party:  Republican
• Children:  Margaret Carnegie Miller
• Parent(s):  William Carnegie, Margaret Morrison Carnegie
• Relatives:  Thomas M. Carnegie (brother), George Lauder Jr. (first cousin), George Lauder Sr. (uncle-in-law)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo