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Meet the Father of Modern Philanthropy. Welcome to an interactive storytelling platform about the life of Andrew Carnegie — we invite you to explore! Scroll down this page to follow a narrative flow, or jump to specific moments by clicking the chapter links above.
Apr 3, 2014 · Andrew Carnegie was a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest businessmen of the 19th century. He later dedicated his life to philanthropic endeavors. Updated: May 26, 2021
One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the...
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era. Carnegie’s father, William Carnegie, a handloom weaver, was a Chartist and marcher for
Aug 1, 2013 · Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in the world. Coming as a dirt poor kid from Scotland to the U.S., by the 1880s he'd built an empire in steel — and then gave it all away: $60 million...
Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919. Andrew Carnegie, Birth Place Museum. When Andrew Carnegie was 33 years old, in 1868, he wrote himself a letter: "To continue much longer overwhelmed by...
Apr 17, 2024 · Michelle Bufton on how the philanthropist’s fortune was built on the suppression of workers’ rights When I was a young adult in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Andrew Carnegie built his wealth ...
