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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 November 1835
- Died
- 11 August 1919
- Place of birth
- Dunfermline
- Place of death
- Lenox
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Andrew
- Family name
- Carnegie
- Father
- William Carnegie
- Sibling
- Thomas M. Carnegie
- Present in work
- Firmament
- Movement
- philanthropy, non-interventionism
- Occupation
- philanthropist, business magnate, economist, industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur, writer, factory owner
- Position held
- rector
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Awards
- Library Hall of Fame, Bessemer Gold Medal, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, American Library Association Honorary Membership
- cause of death
- bronchopneumonia
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of American Library Biography, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, 100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century, Q18843010, Library of the World's Best Literature, Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Americana, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- member of political party
- Republican Party
- name in native language
- Andrew Carnegie
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize
- notable work
- The Gospel of Wealth
- place of burial
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- relative
- George Lauder, George Lauder
- residence
- Andrew Carnegie Mansion
- topic's main category
- Category:Andrew Carnegie
- writing language
- English
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