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Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver who brought his family to America where he can live with his family
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By the time he was eighteen, he was
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In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron. Eight years later he started his first steel mill.
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when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production. Two years later he retired. He devoted the last eighteen years of his life to using his wealth for the public good.
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he gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America which provides funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs.
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ANDREW CARNEGIE DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN HIS 84TH YEAR; Taken Ill at Shadow Brook on Friday, He Sinks Rapidly. WIFE IS AT HIS BEDSIDE Estate Estimated at $500,000,000, While His Benefactions Totaled $350,695,650. STARTED AS A POOR BOY Funeral to be Held Thursday in Lennox, but No Services in New York.