When I asked my mother for money, she would always respond with, “Who do you think I am, Andrew Carnegie?” I became reacquainted with him, and his effect on the commercial life of United ...

ANDREW CARNEGIE was born on November 25, 1835, the son of a hand-loom weaver of Dunfermline. A centenary commemorative volume bears the title “Andrew Carnegie: the Trusts and their Work”.

One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the world.

Starting from Ceylon, he kept observing its visible manifestations and wrote about ... enforce its admission by treaty stipulations.” Andrew Carnegie. Credit: Library of Congress/GetArchive ...