How Did Andrew Carnegie Important

There was a lot of famous people in the 19th century, either by what they did or money wise, or both. However Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were very famous during this time in industry. Therefore, they were very important people with money.
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1848 moved to America in search of better opportunities. His education ended when they moved to America. He soon found a job as a bobbin boy at a cotton factory where he only earned $1.20 a week. He also worked as a messenger in a telegraph office and secretary and telegraph operator for the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1859, Carnegie made investments in a variety of businesses.
Among his philanthropic activities, he funded the establishment of more than 2,500 public libraries around the globe, donated more than 7,600 organs to churches worldwide and endowed organizations (many still in existence today) dedicated to research in science, education, world peace and other causes. Among his gifts was the $1.1 million required for the land and construction costs of Carnegie Hall, the legendary New York City concert venue that opened in 1891.”
During the U.S. Civil War, Andrew Carnegie was drafted for the Army; however, rather than serve, he paid another man $850 to report for duty in his place, a common practice at the time. John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. In 1853, his family moved to the Cleveland, Ohio, where John attended high school then briefly studied bookkeeping at a commercial college. “In 1855, at age 16, he found work as an office clerk at a Cleveland commission firm that bought, sold and shipped grain, coal and other commodities. (He considered September 26, the day he started the position and entered the business world, so significant that as an adult he commemorated this “job day” with an