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Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver. -
He came to America in 1848. -
Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
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Carnegie 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.
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Carnegie 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.