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Andrew Carneige was born
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver who brought his family to America in 1848. -
Andrew turned eighteen and started working
He was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott. -
Andrew Carneige left his private secretary job to start his own railroad company
His company was a company that made railroad bridges from iron -
Carneige consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company
He controlled a quarter of American iron
and steel production. -
Andrew Carneige retired
After retiring, he devoted the last eighteen years of his life to using his wealth for the public good. -
Gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America
Provided funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs