Title: Andrew Carnegie's Story
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ANDREW CARNEGIE: Pioneer. Visionary. Innovator.
Meet the Father of Modern Philanthropy
“To try to make the world in some way better than you found it is to have a noble motive in life.”
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
“We sailed from the Broomielaw of Glasgow in the 800-ton sailing ship Wiscasset...”
AN IMMIGRANT’S JOURNEY
“The emigrant is the capable, energetic, ambitious, discontented man.”
INDUSTRIOUS YOUTH
KEEN EYE FOR OPPORTUNITY
1849
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Andrew Carnegie becomes a messenger boy
1853
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Andrew Carnegie takes a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad
1856
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Andrew Carnegie invests in sleeping cars
1861
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Andrew Carnegie invests in oil
1865
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1868
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1875
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1883
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1892
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1901
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Andrew Carnegie becomes a messenger boy
Andrew Carnegie takes a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad
Andrew Carnegie invests in sleeping cars
Andrew Carnegie invests in oil
Carnegie founds Keystone Bridge Company
Carnegie pledges to resign from business
First Steel Plant
Carnegie buys the Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Steel is formed
Carnegie sells to Morgan
BIRTH OF A PHILANTHROPIST
“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”
WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE WORLD
READING AHEAD
GIVING AND LEGACY
CARNEGIE ORGANIZATIONS
CHAMPION FOR PEACE
Andrew Carnegie in 1913
Watch Carnegie touring the Musée International, in Brussels.
FOLLOW AS CARNEGIE’S WORK CONTINUES TODAY
Further Reading
Books Written by Andrew Carnegie
Certificate of U.S. Naturalization
The Gospel of Wealth
Financial Records Journal
Pension Letter
Marriage Settlement
Stock Certificate

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Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was among the wealthiest and most famous industrialists of his day. Through 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 of nuclear weapons, to the creation of Pell Grants and Sesame Street. The work of the Corporation and its grantees has helped shape public discourse and policy for more than one hundred years. Millions of people have benefited from Carnegie’s foresighted generosity — a legacy of real and permanent good. We invite you to learn more about this remarkable man’s life through an interactive timeline, historical documents, photographs, audio, and more. Share
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“To try to make the world in some way better than you found it is to have a noble motive in life.” Andrew Carnegie The Empire of Business
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace, Dunfermline, was Scotland's historic medieval capital. Later famous for producing fine linen, the town fell on hard times when industrialism made home-based weaving obsolete, leaving workers such as Carnegie’s father, Will, hard pressed to support their families. Will and his father-in-law Thomas Morrison, a shoemaker and political reformer, joined the popular Chartist movement, which believed conditions for workers would improve if the masses were to take over the government from the landed gentry. When the movement failed in 1848, Will Carnegie and his wife, Margaret, sold their belongings to book passage to America for themselves and their sons, 13-year-old Andrew and 5-year-old Tom.