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Andrew Carnegie (18351919)
Carnegie, Andrew. An American manufacturer, philanthropist, and author; born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835; died in 1919. He came to the United States in 1848 and amassed a large fortune. He expended many millions in the endowment of a great number of free libraries both in America and Scotland. Among his published works are: ‘Triumphant Democracy,’ ‘An American Four-in-Hand in Britain,’ ‘Round the World’; ‘Wealth,’ ‘Life of James Watt’ (1906); ‘Problems of To-day’ (1909).