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“The man who dies, thus rich dies disgraced.” by Andrew Carnegie. The son of William Carnegie and Margaret M. Carnegie. Carnegie, born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom and died on 11, 1919. He dies in Lenox, Massachusetts. At the age of 13, in 1848 moved to the United states. From there, he became one of the richest people in the world. The money impacted this world today. First, started off at 14 he became a messenger in a Telegraph office. Then moved up to become

success in the Pennsylvania Steel Company and his eventual charitable contributions to society, one can understand how one man has contributed to a diffusion of knowledge on a worldwide scale. Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland’s early capital, Dunfermline. He was the oldest child of Will Carnegie and Margaret Carnegie. In 1848, after a string of economic hardships, the Carnegies packed their belongings and immigrated to America. After settling in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the Carnegie family still

Andrew Carnegie was a man of business. Born in Dunfermline, Scottland on November 25, 1835, Carnegie emigrated to America with his family when the weaving business was unable to support them (Livesay, 8). Once in America, Carnegie started his first job as a bobbin boy in a Blackstock Cotton Mill (Livesay, 18). From there, he ascended to the top of the business world overcoming obstacles to become the richest man. Andrew Carnegie's story is a testimony that, in the late nineteenth century, he lived

On November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline Scotland a man later to be known as one of the “builders” of America, and one of the wealthiest men in the world was born; Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was born and raised in a family that had mainly focused on education. In 1848, Carnegie and his family had come to the United States where they had lived in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Years later, he had been introduced to the railroad industry where he worked among the industries top officials and had been

A hero is someone who has concern for others, integrity and intelligence. Andrew Carnegie’s incredible intelligence is overshadowed by his cowardice and lack of concern for his workers. Born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1835 to an incredibly poor family that immigrated to America in 1848, Carnegie began working almost immediately. His brilliance and intelligence brought him local fame and eventually brought the attention of the general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad and he was hired to

Andrew Carnegie, born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, was the owner of Carnegie Steel Corporation; one of the biggest of its kind in the world. Carnegie moved to the United States at the age of twelve with his parents after his father, a handloom weaver, was gradually replaced with power looms. Carnegie was from a poor family and could not afford an education, but he always had access to books and through reading was able to educate himself, at least a little. Once in America he worked

According to The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie was born into a low-income family in Scotland in 1835. He is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel (28). His rags to riches story has been shared over and over as an example of a person achieving the American dream. Carnegie’s life is a valuable lesson in what hard work and determination, sprinkled with good common business sense, can accomplish in America. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and Gospel

Andrew Carnegie “Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25th, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland.”( Even though he had little formal education, Carnegie grew up in a family that believed in the importance of books and learning. The son of a handloom weaver, Andrew Carnegie ended up being one of the wealthiest businessmen in America. At the age 13, Carnegie and his family moved to America. They settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Carnegie went to work in a factory, earning $1.20 a week. A year later

Andrew Carnegie was born in November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He grew up in a weaver’s cottage with his father, William Carnegie and his mother Margaret Morrison Carnegie. Carnegie’s father worked as a weaver, but they soon fell into poverty because of the new factory looms. Carnegie began to realize the meaning of poverty as he watched his father beg for work. Carnegie’s mother feared for their survival in the poverty of Scotland and began to investigate for possibilities in America

well known for being in the steel industry and a philanthropist in the late nineteenth century.Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25,1835 and died on August 11,1919 at the age of eighty three.Him and his family came to the United States from Dunfermline when he was only thirteen years old,after his family was in poverty.Andrew had grown up in a family that believes in books and learning and because of this he is an avid reader. His father passed away in 1885 which made Andrew more determine to