Research topic:Andrew Carnegie

Click to see an enlarged picture
Andrew Carnegie. Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Find more facts and information on our topic page about Andrew Carnegie

Carnegie, Andrew

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | © The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Carnegie, Andrew (1835–1919), one of the foremost ironmasters of the United States. In 1900 he published The Gospel of Wealth, maintaining that a ‘man who dies rich dies disgraced’; the most important of his many benefactions was his provision of public libraries in Great Britain and the United States, on condition that the local authorities provided site and maintenance. (See libraries, public.)

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Carnegie, Andrew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 24 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Carnegie, Andrew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (December 24, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CarnegieAndrew.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Carnegie, Andrew." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved December 24, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CarnegieAndrew.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Carnegie Mellon and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Unveil Andrew Carnegie Collection Online.
PR Newswire; 12/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...created a joint digital archive of Andrew Carnegie materials on the Web at http...host a digital repository of Andrew Carnegie materials held by institutions worldwide. The inaugural Andrew Carnegie Collection online was funded...
Andrew Carnegie, Emma Goldman and Worcester.(INSIGHT)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 2/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...splendid 868-page biography of Andrew Carnegie (1825-1919) without once...quibbles, Mr. Nasaw's account of Andrew Carnegie's life and career is the most...Rockefeller's fortune is figured). Andrew Carnegie was a man of contradictions...
Andrew Carnegie.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Bookmarks; 1/1/2007; 700+ words ; GOOD/EXCELLENT Andrew Carnegie By David Nasaw The Robber Baron, reconsidered. Andrew Carnegie's life is the quintessential...Highly readable despite its length, Andrew Carnegie shows signs of prodigious original...
Andrew Carnegie used wealth for benefit of mankind
Newspaper article from: Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL); 2/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...years ago by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The article, entitled "Wealth...the background of the author. Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Dunfermline...Pittsburgh. Meager earnings Andrew Carnegie found work in a cotton factory...
Andrew Carnegie
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 12/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...original man of steel, Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant from...social justice, but Andrew Carnegie was an exception. The...Western Union telegraph, Carnegie's skills at decyphering...father died in 1855, Andrew took on responsibility...
Andrew Carnegie: Ruthless and rich: PBS documentary looks beyond his philanthropy.(Arts)(Television)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/19/1997; ; 700+ words ; "Andrew Carnegie was a flat-nosed Scot with...immigrated to Pennsylvania when Andrew was 12. For most of his life, Carnegie was under the thumb of his domineering...The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie" on "The American Experience...
First Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Announced.
PR Newswire; 11/5/2001; 700+ words ; ...will receive the first-ever Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy from the...commemorate the centennial of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy. The inaugural...the 20th century, the day when Andrew Carnegie sold U.S. Steel to J.P...
Andrew Carnegie shared his wealth with SB County
Newspaper article from: The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...efforts of famed industrialist Andrew Carnegie were felt across the United States...fortune in the steel industry, Carnegie turned to large-scale philanthropy...libraries. From 1869 to 1923, Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation funded...
Dunfermline Days.(industrialist Andrew Carnegie)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...in Dunfermline. Andrew would follow his...adult. (In 1881, Carnegie opened a library...such as William Carnegie, Margaret worked...provided her children (Andrew's brother, Thomas...Twelve-year-old Andrew Carnegie fought back tears...
PBS series introduces us to Andrew Carnegie
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/19/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...closest to his heart: the story of Andrew Carnegie, which airs at 8 p.m. Monday...story of the country? . . . Andrew Carnegie was one of the most important...who shaped American culture. "Andrew Carnegie did more good and was of greater...

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

Carnegie, Andrew
Book article from: Leading American Businesses Andrew Carnegie Born: November 25, 1835 Dunfermline...and philanthropist In his lifetime, Andrew Carnegie built a vast fortune by making steel...x2014; a small fortune at the time. Andrew Carnegie's interest in democracy and social...
Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)
Book article from: American Eras Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) Steelmaker, philanthropist...Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835, Andrew Carnegie immigrated with his family to the United...for themselves.” Sources Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, and Other...
Andrew Carnegie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Andrew Carnegie The Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was one of the first...and technological institutions. Andrew Carnegie typified those characteristics of business...
Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919
Book article from: American Decades CARNEGIE, ANDREW 1835-1919 Industrialist and philanthropist Carnegie Steel Andrew Carnegie, having acquired his wealth during the nineteenth century, spent much of the early 1900s giving away large portions of his fortune to worthy causes...
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories ...the prominent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, whose principles have guided...are made each year. Although Andrew Carnegie ’ s will stipulated...throughout history. 1835-1911: Andrew Carnegie and His Legacy Andrew Carnegie...

Related research topics

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: