Carnegie andrew biography
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Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1835. Andrew’s family was not rich but they were very smart and Andrew was encouraged to read and learn and voice his opinions.
Carnegie andrew biography
His father, William, was a weaver who made a good living until 1847 when Dunfermline opened to cloth factories using steam powered looms. Unemployed, William Carnegie and his family--his wife Margaret, 12 year old Andrew and Andrew’s 5 year old brother, Thomas—immigrated to America.
Andrew worked from the time he was 13, starting as a bobbin boy in a Pittsburgh factory.
He was quick to seize any opportunity that would get him a better job and, by the time he was 18, he had moved from bobbin boy to clerk, from clerk to messenger boy, and from messenger boy to telegraph operator. During this time a local businessman, Col.
James Anderson opened his private library to “working boys” one day a week, thus allowing Andrew to pursue his interests in literature and history even thoug