Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. [4] He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great …

Through the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the innovative philanthropic foundation he established in 1911, his fortune has since supported everything from the discovery of insulin and the dismantling …

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American...

Andrew Carnegie, photograph by Theodore C. Marceau, ca. 1913 (Library of Congress) One of the most prominent businessmen in American history, Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) emerged in the late …

A self-educated "working boy," Andrew Carnegie emigrated from Scotland in 1848 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. Attending night school and borrowing books, Carnegie went from factory worker in a …

Nov 9, 2009 · Andrew Carnegie, whose life became a rags-to-riches story, was born into modest circumstances on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland, the second of two sons of Will, a …

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical …