Title: Biography of Andrew Carnegie, Steel Magnate
Headings: Biography of Andrew Carnegie, Steel Magnate
Biography of Andrew Carnegie, Steel Magnate
Fast Facts: Andrew Carnegie
Early Life
Early Business Success
Carnegie the Steel Magnate
The Homestead Strike
Carnegie’s Philanthropy
Death
Legacy
Sources

Content: Carnegie began to devote himself entirely to giving away his wealth. Carnegie’s Philanthropy
Carnegie had already been giving money to create museums, such as the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. But his philanthropy accelerated after selling Carnegie Steel. Carnegie supported numerous causes, including scientific research, educational institutions, museums, and world peace. He is best known for funding more than 2,500 libraries throughout the English-speaking world, and, perhaps, for building Carnegie Hall, a performance hall that has become a beloved New York City landmark. Death
Carnegie died of bronchial pneumonia at his summer home in Lenox, Massachusetts on August 11, 1919. At the time of his death, he had already given away over a large portion of his wealth, more than $350 million. Legacy
While Carnegie was not known to be openly hostile to the rights of workers for much of his career, his silence during the notorious and bloody Homestead Steel Strike cast him in a very bad light in labor history. Carnegie's philanthropy left a huge mark on the world, including the endowment of many educational institutions and the funding of research and world peace efforts. The library system he helped form is a foundation of American education and democracy.