Carnegie claimed to be a champion of evolutionary thought particularly the work of Herbert Spencer, even declaring Spencer his teacher.

Though Carnegie claims to be a disciple of Spencer many of his actions went against the ideas espouse by Spencer.

On the surface, Andrew Carnegie appears to be a strict laissez-faire capitalist and follower of Herbert Spencer, often referring to himself as a disciple of Spencer.

There are however, some major discrepancies between Spencer ’ s capitalist evolutionary conceptions and Andrew Carnegie ’ s capitalist practices.

Carnegie without doubt was personal dedication to Herbert Spencer as a friend, but Carnegie was not faithful adherent to Spencer ’ s political or economic ideas.

He chaired the Board of The Spencer Foundation from 1990 to 1997, the Board of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 2005 to 2009, and served on the Board of Equal Justice Works.

An example of a more definite class bias is noted in proceedings of the Commission on the Financing of Higher Education sponsored by the Association of American Universities and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation.

In total Carnegie funded some 3, 000 libraries, located in 47 US states, and also in Canada, the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Fiji.

CIT is now part of Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie is buried only a few yards away from union organizer Samuel Gompers, another important figure of industry in the Gilded Age.

On the matter of American annexation, Carnegie had always thought it is an unwise gesture for the United States.

Because unlike the Hawaiians, Cubans and Puerto Ricans, the Filipinos were willing to fight for their independence, Carnegie believed that the conquest of the islands is a denial of the fundamental democratic principle, and he also urged William McKinley to withdraw American troops and allow the Filipinos to live with their independence.

Carnegie believed that it is the effort and will of the people, that maintains the peace in international relations.

Today its focus is on ethics and it is known as the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to be the voice for ethics in international affairs.

Andrew Carnegie is described in John Dos Passos ' 42nd Parallel as a confident man in whatever he invested in, which included many things that our world flourished on for many years to the present time.

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

The original fossil skeleton is assembled and stands in the Hall of Dinosaurs at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

* The Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, is named after him.

* Disney's Scrooge McDuck is thought to have been inspired by Carnegie.

* A street in Belgrade ( Serbia ), next to the Belgrade University Library which is one of the Carnegie libraries, is named in his honor.

* An American high school, Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston, Texas, is named after him

Carnegie Hall, built in 1909, is a large, two-storey, Neo-classical brick building on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada

There are six markers within the city limits: ' Cadillac Carnegie Library ,' ' Charles T. Mitchell House ,' ' Clam Lake Canal ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell Building ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell No. 1 ' and the ' Shay Locomotive ,' which is pictured at the right.

While presenting the Carnegie Institute's Gold Medal to Beaux in 1899, William Merritt Chase stated " Miss Beaux is not only the greatest living woman painter, but the best that has ever lived.

The Capability Maturity Model ( CMM ) ( a registered service mark of Carnegie Mellon University, CMU ) is a development model created after study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U. S. Department of Defense, who funded the research.

The Zener diode is named for Dr. Clarence Melvin Zener of Carnegie Mellon University, inventor of the device.

Carnegie was also known to be a great journalist.

Carnegie also opposed the annexation of Cuba by the United States and in this, was successful with many other conservatives who founded an anti-imperialist league that included former presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, and literary figures like Mark Twain.

In addition to a library, Carnegie also bought the private estate which became Pittencrieff Park and opened it to all members of the public, establishing the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust to benefit the people of Dunfermline.

Carnegie also established large pension funds in 1901 for his former employees at Homestead and, in 1905, for American college professors.

He founded the Carnegie Hero Fund for the United States and Canada in 1904 ( a few years later also established in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany ) for the recognition of deeds of heroism.

Carnegie also bought out some regional competitors, and merged with others, usually maintaining the majority shares in the companies.

Furthermore, Carnegie ’ s success was due to his convenient relationship with the railroad industries, which not only relied on steel for track, but were also making money from steel transport.

Besides Carnegie ’ s market manipulation, United States trade tariffs were also working in favor of the steel industry.

Moreover, Carnegie urged other wealthy people to contributed to society in the form of parks, works of art, libraries and other endeavors that improved the community, and contributed to the “ lasting good ” Carnegie also held a strong opinion against inherited wealth.

Beyond a gift of $ 10 million for peace promotion, Carnegie also encouraged the " scientific " investigation of the various causes of war, and the adoption of judicial methods that should eventually eliminate them.

The 2006 Carnegie Foundation classification listed Dartmouth as the only " majority-undergraduate ", " arts-and-sciences focus ", " research university " in the country that also had " some graduate coexistence " and " very high research activity.

Rappaport also painted Simon's commissioned portrait at Carnegie Mellon University.

IALA also received support from such prestigious groups as the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

The North Side is also home to many popular attractions such as Heinz Field, PNC Park, Carnegie Science Center, National Aviary, Andy Warhol Museum, Mattress Factory installation art museum, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Highmark SportsWorks, Penn Brewery and Allegheny Observatory.

The study also estimated an additional 209, 000 Spanish flu deaths in 1918 A study sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1940 estimated the German civilian death toll at over 600, 000.

Carnegie Mellon University ( also known as Carnegie Mellon or simply CMU ) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Carnegie Mellon also maintains the Carnegie Mellon Los Angeles Center in North Hollywood, California where students in the Master of Entertainment Industry Management program are required to relocate to Los Angeles in their second year and attend classes at this facility.