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Signature. Carnegie as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Andrew Carnegie (English: / kɑːrˈnɛɡi / kar-NEG-ee, Scots: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi]; [2][3][note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the ...
Louise Whitfield Carnegie (March 7, 1857 – June 24, 1946) was an American philanthropist. She was the wife of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . Biography
Andrew Carnegie by Francis Luis Mora. The Empire of Business is a collection of essays written by Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie which were published in book form in 1902. The book shares his shrewd outlook on the economic situation in America at the turn of the 20th century; Carnegie discusses the rewards of hard work ...
The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford. It tells how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total ...
The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "one of the great Scots of the 19th century.". [1] The museum is operated by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust [2] and is housed in a category B listed building.
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year. [1] They are named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in recognition of his deep belief in the power of ...
Henry Phipps Jr. Henry Phipps Jr. (September 27, 1839 – September 22, 1930) was an American entrepreneur known for his business relationship with Andrew Carnegie and involvement with the Carnegie Steel Company. He was also a successful real estate investor. After selling his stock in Carnegie Steel, he devoted a great deal of his time and ...
His biography of Andrew Carnegie won the Bancroft Prize in 1971, [1] and was recommended by Charlie Munger in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack. His biography on the Du Pont family was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. [2] He married Beatrice Mills Wall (1918–2012); they had three children. [1]