Carnegie, Andrew

An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carnegie, a self-made man, immigrated to the United States from Scotland without money and made millions in the steel industry. He sold his steel interests in 1901 and gave most of the proceeds away, largely to educational, cultural, and peacemaking organizations. For example, Carnegie money went toward the founding of free public libraries in many cities and to the establishment of Carnegie Hall, the famous concert hall in New York City.

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Carnegie, Andrew, and the Homestead Labor leaders, 197; President of National Civic Federation, 197; his character, 198; his Autobiography, 198; entertains S. at Skibo Castle, 355; and the Peace Palace, 356, 357; 178, 331, 332, 386.

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Carnegie, Andrew, article by, 33; sketch of, 33; praised by Melvil Dewey, 75; quoted, 433; library gifts, 329.

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Carnegie, Andrew, and spelling reform, 194.

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CARNEGIE, Andrew, 206, 208; interview, 451.

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