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Sep 2018
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Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish American industrialist, who helped build the American steel industry. He became one of the richest men in the world, and also one of its leading philanthropists. But his very first job was as a “bobbin boy” in a cotton factory where he was responsible for bringing bobbins to loom weavers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po ... Show More
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