I grew up going to a Carnegie Library as child and that inspired me to seek higher education and graduate studies. I know so many others whose youthful experiences in Carnegie libraries as nerdy scholars, motivated by the sheer size and scope of the collections, led them towards great careers and advancements. As father of the American library system his contribution just there was without scale or measure. Those libraries were the internet, iphone/Android, and Google to us all. Now being digitized, those books are giving back to younger researchers by the millions. Thank you Andy!

Don’t forget Carnegie Hall, for a century, *the* venue where Classical and other musicians dream of performing! Great biography!

Carnegie really thought through everything. He gave his heirs just enough to have a comfortable life, and the opportunity with that to prove themselves with the money he gave them. He never trusted charities because like most they're money wagons peddling to people's guilt while taking greater sum for themselves rather than those they represent.

I love the fact that he gave money to Tuskegee Institute to help get it started. Booker T. Washington and him had a great relationship and their is a building named after him there.

Now I see where my life went wrong, I should have met more wealthy people when I was a working child. For every Andrew Carnegie, you have countless others who didn't make those right connections, and struggled in poverty for the rest of their lives. Perhaps they got sick, and never recovered. Some of those could have been another industrialist like Carnegie, or a scientific genius like Einstein, but instead died young in the cycle of poverty.

I'm from Pittsburgh where Carnegie earned much of his fortune, thanks for saying his name correctly!

1:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years 3:50 - Chapter 2 - Life in america 6:25 - Chapter 3 - Business during the civil war 7:40 - Mid roll ads 9:00 - Chapter 4 - A man of industry 10:50 - Chapter 5 - The billion dollar corporation 12:20 - Chapter 6 - High points & heartbreaks 13:45 - Chapter 7 - The johnstown flood 17:05 - Chapter 8 - The homestead strike 19:10 - Chapter 9 - Philanthropy

Rockefeller was one of his opponents/peers. Rockefeller also was a huge philanthropists. From what I've read, they competed with Each Other in that regard.

I learned to read in school. My love for reading grew from my hometown library; Carnegie Public Library.

Despite his vocal criticism of the wealthy, Mark Twain was friends with Andrew Carnegie. When people would say "How can you be friends with Carnegie? His money is tainted." Twain replied "That's right. Taint mine and taint yours."

John D. Rockefeller, Sr. followed a similar trajectory. Born to a bigamous father and poor mother, he lived extremely frugally, became ruthless in business, becoming the “Moses of Oil,” and once he stepped back from Standard Oil, became a nice, likable grandfather who donated hundreds of millions of dollars, often anonymously.

A number of places are named after both Carnegie and Frick in this city. Definitely interesting people to learn about

Human history is epic and great and I'm glad to be a part of it. Thank you

The downtown library in my city was originally built using Carnegie's funds, and much of the old building is still around today. It is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful buildings in the city of Columbus.

Our local library is one of the many he sunk his money into.

Unlike many robber-baron 'philanthropists' today, Carnegie put his money into hospitals and libraries and so on, not political ideals.

Been to his house in high school, they turned it in museum, it’s fun learning more about someone from your home town

I mean, the Johnstown flood was exasperated pretty badly by the fact that Johnstown is in the worst possible place to avoid flooding, since it's in the middle of a bowl. It even had another two big floods after the one related to Carnegie. Not to take away from the fact that it was the fault of the country club, but still.

a big name in American history, just like William T. Sherman, how about a video on him?

Your channel is simply awesome to know brief details about the past personalities. I'm enjoying this a lot. Thanks for the Gods work.

My grandfather was a Pullman Porter and was involved with A.Philip Randolph's movement to unionize the porters. I would love to see a video about A. Philip Randolph...and also one about those porters, who worked so, so hard for so little pay. I never knew that grandfather, who died of T.B. before I was born, but he got to travel the entire country, even meeting Will Rogers once. Rogers engaged him in a short conversation which he never forgot. A Will Rogers video would be great, too!

Went on a university trip to Carnegie Hall years ago. What a ruthless & giving man!

Thank you for pronouncing his name correctly. As a Pittsburgher, it is a huge pet peeve when people mispronounce it.

The guy was a terrific WORKER - he worked and worked until he was wealthy. He was also ingenious and a believer in cutting costs. The competition didn't stand a chance against him. Don't ever expect a wealthy man to be perfect.

My town in Idaho has a Carnegie library. It is very nice and well built

"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" Easy, take an Uber.

A little history of my hometown.

Simon: Explanation of how to say Carnagie correctly. Also Simon: Butchers Dunfermline 3 seconds later.

Love these vids watch two before work every morning

Nice vid as always, Simon. Have you ever covered Victor Sassoon? Or 1920s-30s Shanghai?

Henry Frick had the dam lowered and widened so he could get his carriage across this was the primary reason the dam failed

Man your story telling skills are just phenomenal u can make even boring people’s lives interesting I don’t think iv ever failed to finish a video I started and that’s rare I’m adhd and have a very short attention span

This man needs a narration fight VS Morgan freeman! We should be demanding that!

Always Sunny has ruined the word “Philanthropist” for me. Charlie: “I’m a fullonrapist” And thats how i read the title of the video.

Another great video!!! Thank you.

I do not think the world realised the impact of this man's philanthropic efforts. To tell u the truth, I have no words to crown this man for his impact on my life and the lives of many Guyanese. I took umbrage to the title even tho I have read most of his history over and over again. Regardless of my personal affinity, u always do a compassionate job on difficult personas.

Carnegie is, in my opinion, the truest “chaotic good” you can get from a non-fictional character. While he did a lot of good things, his deeds weren’t all good, and he made his fortune with some… less than savoury practices that are definitely illegal today I think he’s chaotic good, my man has clearly defined and shaped a generation, helped many people even now, but clearly also took advantage of people and the law to get what he wanted

"Dunfermilne" - Simon, I am disappoint! lol

The rainstorm that caused the flood was probably as a result of the Krakatoa eruption temporarily altering the weather, over several years.

Haha this guy was my history teacher's idol! He talked about him a lot haha what a guy,

Robber baron and great philanthropist are not mutually exclusive. In fact, as happened with Carnegie, the first enabled him to be the second.

Pittsburgh, Glad to get this video

Frick was all about Management by the Numbers, and even though Carnegie had hired him to increase the profit margin, the only thing Frick cared about was the bottom line, whatever the cost. Eventually Carnegie had to dismiss Frick, and while he received a handsome severance for his shares of stock, the breakup was less than friendly and Frick's descendants still bear a grudge against Carnegie for portraying Frick as the bad guy. While their practices would be considered inhumane and illegal by todays standards, back then it was how the game was played and it was survival of the fittest. And Carnegie also held grudge against Rockefeller, who literally drove his mentor Scott into an early grave by unscrupulous deals in the railroad industry in which Scott had become heavily invested in. It was the best of times; It was the worst of times.

Growing up around the Pittsburgh,PA area I learned all about Carnegie and been in many of his buildings. I personally think of Carnegie as a great man.

The way he says Dunfermline just shouldnt piss me off so much😃😂

Maybe you could do a vidro on George Westinghouse? Other good options would be Michael Faraday, Ursula K Le Guin and Alberto Santos-Dumont....

Enjoyed my Carnegie course! Great times

No mention of Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon???

For me, this channel is the epitome of a love/hate relationship. On the one; such great content...

How about one on Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Heard you mention him on Geographics and realized you hadn't done a bio on him yet. As an Eagle scout that would be awesome

I am a tradesman for my local library system and get to take care of and refurbish 3 Carnegie library buildings. All were built between 1905 and 1909.

He had a business rivalry with Rockefeller.

I wrote my long winded comment before i watched the video. I watched the entire video and im so happy that you actually talked about the Johnstown flood accurately.!! Great job on your documentary!! I know that Carnegie has done alot of good with his money. It just bothers me that most people aren't aware of the Johnstown flood which i believe was key in him becoming a philanthropist.

Any chance of doing a BIO on the members of the Irish Rebellion, and the 7 signatories of the Irish proclamation? Also Michael Collins and Eamon Develara. Thanks

We have an old stone Carnegie library in my town, it’s not used anymore but it’s there.

In my late mother's home town in England there was a Carnegie library.

My best friend from Dunfermline would have been appalled by your mispronunciation of the name of his home town

In no way should I give description for this video. Outlandish!

Does anyone else think that Simon should go on Hot Ones?

He built libraries in New Zealand as well.

Maybe next do JP Morgan and some of the owners of the mining companies that became rich through the buyouts

Barbados was a British colony at the time, and the Andrew Carnegie Public Library, built with the donation given by Carnegie to the Barbados government, still exists here today.

Probably a little of both in terms of the public opinion. I think he was a great entrepreneur and philanthropist who understood Adam Smith better than most. Probably read Smith's second book.

Simon, my question is totally off topic and I hope you will answer. I was watching an older video pn this channel and I noticed what looked like a scar peeking out from uour T-shirt. Have yoy had heart surgery? I have a scar that peeks out. I hope im not being too forward and bold. Ty for bringing us wonderful videos!

Thank you

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Covering all the characters from the KZfaq movie "Everything is a Rich Man's Trick". Is E.H. Harriman, of the Union Pacific Railway Company featured ?

Why not both?!

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

I have a Highlight History idea. Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Ford, and Rockefeller during the 1900s. When industrialism took off.

Said Dunfermline in a way that unsettles me. I don't think I ever heard the name with line at the end, never thought about it before but the last e is silent haha. Dunfermlin. Not like it makes a difference but I had to say it as I live a couple of towns over which also have there names said wrong all the time haha, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes.

Wow yesterday would have been his 185th birthday... Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Carnegie...

Hello Simon and crew! First-time commenter longtime fan and subscriber to probabaly ALL OF ypur channels! I really love what you guys do and I would love it if you did a video on Freddie Mercury on Biographics!! I just recently learned of his background and I believe him to be a most deserving candidate for your research team! Keep up the great work!! I love learning from this channel! Also I really love Geographics and Business Blaze! Cheers

I used to work in a Carnegie library

You should do a bio on Henry Frick

Im from the town of South Fork Pa and you sir have certainly done your research into the 1889 flood

Do one on Aristotle Onassis

The net endowment of the Corporation was $3.5bn in 2018, so they've been very busy giving it away!

Do a biographic on Duke Ellington!!!! (:

AND NOW YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT PRONOUNCIATION

I worked at TIAA as a financial consultant for a few years.

You need to do a video on George Westinghouse.

It's a crying shame that no one ever made a biopic about him starring Richard Attenborough.

Sorry I know this is an old comment and doesn’t have anything to do with this video, but I just recently watched your bio graphics on Helen Keller and wanted to comment on a more recent video hoping you would read this. Please do a video about her teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Do one on Ferdinand Porsche

Carnegie was so humble 😂 what an amazing lucky Scotsman

That awkward moment when you forget to talk about the letter he wrote in his twenties where he states his lifelong goal of using the first half of his life to gain as much money as possible and the second part giving it all away. Whoops. Just fuckin slipped right by.

Could you do Harold Shipman

Don't normally notice the mispronunciations but pointing out how to say his surname correctly before saying 'Dun-firm-line' made me chuckle - especially for a Brit!

“Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows people to attain uncommon results” Andrew Carnegie

Why was there nothing about his rivalry with John D. Rockefeller?

Of course you have to remember, Carnegie believed that his workers would never spend money as well as he would, so didn’t think they should have it. Better that he should buy them a library. Judge that how you like, but it was his view.

Pls can u do mary queen of scots🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Do a video on Patrice Lamubaba

Hey mate, Could you do a video on Daniel O'Connell? Great Irish man!

Make the Biographic of Rockefeller Simon!

And that's with the the pbs donations😎

As a kid that got to go to the carnegie melon science institute on field trips, and now as a father who takes his kids their i can say his legacy outweighs his issues.

It would be awesome if you did a video about Simo Häyhä, "White Death!"

Me upon reading the title of the video: Why not both?