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Andrew Carnegie

Also known as Endriu Karnegi, A. Carnegie

Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)

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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who became one of the wealthiest people of his time by building a massive steel empire in the late 1800s, then gave away most of his fortune to charitable causes including libraries and education. His life illustrates the dramatic rise of American industry during that era and raises enduring questions about the responsibilities of the ultra-wealthy to society.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 60

Top works

American Four in Hand
Empire of Business and the Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays (2 Books)
Pioneers of America
American Four-In-Hand in Britain
Americanism Versus Imperialism

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Film & TV

Acting · Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

Known for

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates — Self - Founder of Carnegie Steel (archive footage)2024
Explained — Self (archive footage)2018
Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)1948
Andrew Carnegie — Self1914
Opening van het Vredespaleis — Self1913
Modern Marvels: American Steel: Built to Last — Self

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1835
Active to: 1919

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 185
Total plays: 344

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“To be popular is easy; to be right when right is unpopular, is noble... I repudiate with scorn the immoral doctrine, 'Our country, right or wrong'.”
“Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.”
“Watch the costs and the profits take care of themselves.”
“"Did you ever sum up these prizes and think how very little the millionaire has beyond the peasant, and how very often his additions tend not to happiness but to misery!"”
“The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.”
“While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of the few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.”

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Image: Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913-crop.jpg

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Commons category: Andrew Carnegie
date of birth: 1835-11-25
date of death: 1919-08-11
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name in native language: Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (equivalent to $6.9 billion in 2025 dollars), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.