One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
Andrew Carnegie Quotes
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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| Birth: | 25th November, 1835 |
| Death: | 11th August, 1919 |
| Nationality: | American, Scottish |
| Profession: | Industrialist, Philanthropist |
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Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the highest profile philanthropists of his era; his 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. He emigrated to the United States with his very poor parents in 1848. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million, creating the U.S. Steel Corporation. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research. With the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall, and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others.
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