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Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie
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Personal Information (Who)
I am interested in . . . philanthropy, giving to charities, expanding the steel industry
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Work and Education (What)
Employer: was first a telegrapher and had investments in railroad then created Carnegie steel company
I am most known for . . .For creating the steel company and donating and giving to many charities
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| Lives In (Where): Lenox, Massachusetts |
| From (Where): Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Last Updated (When): died august 11 1919 at age 83 |
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About You (Two Significances):
- had a leadership role as a philanthropist and spent the last 18 years of his life giving away 350 million dollars to universities, foundations, and charities
- Carnegie's steel company was a growing empire and eventually and exceeded that of the UK
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| Favorite Quote: "Do your duty then a little more and the future will take care of itself." |
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JP Morgan
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Thomas A. Scott
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Matthew Arnold
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Mark Twain
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Name Thomas A. Scott
Date 1853
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was first to higher Carnegie as a telegraph operator at the Pennsylvania railroad company
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Name JP Morgan
Date 1901
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Comment Carnegie sold the steel company to Morgan for $480 million
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Name colonel James Anderson
Date 1850's
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opened his 400 book library to Carnegie which fed his passion for reading and education
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Name George Pullman
Date 1860's
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| Comment Carnegie created a merger with that of Woodruff's company and Pullman to make a sleep car for first class travel |
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