andrew carnegie
Andrew Carnegie is to Dunfermline what Burns is to Ayr or Shakespeare to Stratford-on-Avon.
Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919, born in Dunfermline) was a Scottish-Americanbusinessman, o ne of the captains of industry of 19th century America, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. He is known for having, later in his life, given away most of his riches to fund the establishment of many libraries, schools, and universities in Scotland, America and worldwide for "the improvement of mankind."
The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, in Moodie Street, Dunfermline.
The museum tells the 'Rags to Riches' story of Andrew Carnegie, the weaver's son who made a huge fortune from the furnaces of the American steel industry and then gave that fortune away for the benefit of mankind.
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