Carnegie sold it in 1901 for $ 480 million to J. P. Morgan, who created U. S. Steel.

From 1901 forward, public attention was turned from the shrewd business acumen which had enabled Carnegie to accumulate such a fortune, to the public-spirited way in which he devoted himself to utilizing it on philanthropic projects.

He gave $ 2 million in 1901 to start the Carnegie Institute of Technology ( CIT ) at Pittsburgh and the same amount in 1902 to found the Carnegie Institution at Washington, D. C.

In Scotland, he gave $ 10 million in 1901 to establish the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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

Carnegie, Andrew 1901 The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays

After he sold his steel company in 1901, Carnegie was able to get fully involved into the acts for the peace cause, both financially and personally.

The library opened in 1901 and expanded into a Carnegie library in 1907, finally moving to its current facility in 1962.

After financing the creation of the Federal Steel Company, he merged in 1901 with the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses, including Consolidated Steel and Wire Company owned by William Edenborn, to form the United States Steel Corporation.

In 1901 J. P. Morgan arguably managed the first leveraged buyout of the Carnegie Steel Company using private equity.

*$ 350 million ($ 7 billion in modern terms ) from Andrew Carnegie in 1901 who distributed most of his wealth to good causes, including the building Carnegie Hall New York City.

Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Volume 1, Number 1, 1901.

J. P. Morgan and the attorney Elbert H. Gary founded U. S. Steel in 1901 ( incorporated on February 25 ) by combining Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry " Judge " Moore's National Steel Company for $ 492 million ($ billion today ).

Between 1901 and 1923, Andrew Carnegie donated $ 1. 6 million, assisting in the development of twenty one Carnegie Library branches.

The first billion-dollar corporation was United States Steel, formed by financier J. P. Morgan in 1901, who purchased and consolidated steel firms built by Andrew Carnegie and others.

He retired from Johns Hopkins in 1901, but accepted the presidency ( 1902 – 4 ) of the newly founded Carnegie Institution of Washington.

As counsel for the Carnegie Steel Company, he took a prominent part in organizing the United States Steel Corporation in 1901.

In 1901, he helped negotiate the secret sale of Carnegie Steel to a group of New York-based financiers led by J. P. Morgan.

* David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk ( 1901 – 1963 )

* William Jacob Holland, zoologist and paleontologist ; University of Pittsburgh Chancellor, 1891 – 1901 ; former Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Only in 1901, when letters were mailed to Andrew Carnegie.

Meynell once again paid his debts and it was Katie, rather than Thompson, whose life was soon ended, for she died in childbirth in April, 1901, in the first year of her marriage.

This was nearly completed May 23, 1901 with a promise of lights by June 10, but the first light did not go on until September 28.

The club was originally founded as a football team in 1891, with the name Buenos Aires English High School although it was obliged to change its name to Alumni Athletic Club ( the name was proposed by a former student of the English High School ) in 1901.

The ALP was founded as a federal party prior to the first sitting of the Australian Parliament in 1901, but is descended from Labour parties founded in the various Australian colonies by the emerging labour movement in Australia, formally beginning in 1891.

The letter agreeing to sell his share was signed on February 26, 1901.

It was created by a deed which he signed on June 7, 1901, and it was incorporated by Royal Charter on August 21, 1902.

The first Horch automobile was built in 1901.

The song quickly gained popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of 10, 000 at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

Alberto Giacometti (; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966 ) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

Abano Terme's population is 19, 062 ( 2001 ) ( in 1901 it was only 4, 556 ).

Abdur Rahman Khan () ( between 1830 to 1844 – October 1, 1901 ) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.

After a series of rival leagues were organized but failed, ( most notably the American Base Ball Association, which spawned the clubs which would ultimately become the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers ) the current American League, evolving from the minor Western League of 1893, was established in 1901.

The average for the 1, 110 games in the 1901 season was 3, 247.

B. thuringiensis was first discovered in 1901 by Japanese biologist Shigetane Ishiwatari.

Thus in 1880 and 1882, Benedictine teaching monks were effectively exiled ; this was not completed until 1901.

In 1901, Baltimore and McGraw were awarded an expansion franchise in the growing American League, but again the team was sacrificed in favor of a New York City franchise, as the team was transferred to New York in 1903.

** 1890 – 91, 1891 – 92, 1892 – 93, 1894 – 95, 1897 – 98, 1901 – 02, 1903 – 04, 1906 – 07, 1907 – 08, 1908 – 09, 1910 – 11, 1913 – 14, 1921 – 22, 1922 – 23, 1929 – 30, 1931 – 32, 1933 – 34, 1934 – 35, 1948 – 49, 1949 – 50, 1953 – 54, 1954 – 55, 1955 – 56, 1958 – 59, 1960 – 61, 1961 – 62, 1965 – 66, 1968 – 69, 1970 – 71, 1974 – 75, 1977 – 78, 1978 – 79, 1979 – 80, 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85, 1985 – 86, 1986 – 87, 1988 – 89, 1992 – 93, 1993 – 94, 1999 – 00, 2000 – 01, 2003 – 04, 2005 – 06, 2006 – 07, 2007 – 08, 2009 – 10, 2010 – 11, 2011 – 12

** 1897 / 98, 1901 / 02, 1904 / 05, 1906 / 07, 1908 / 09, 1910 / 11, 1924 / 25, 1925 / 26, 1930 / 31, 1932 / 33, 1937 / 38, 1947 / 48 †, 1957 / 58 †, 1965 / 66 †, 1971 / 72 †, 1976 / 77 †, 1983 / 84, 1985 / 86, 1988 / 89, 1990 / 91, 1998 / 99, 2004 / 05, 2009 / 10, 2010 / 11

Gladys Mitchell ( 21 April 1901 – 27 July 1983 ) was an English author best known for her creation of Mrs. Bradley, the heroine of 66 detective novels.

Marconi wireless telegraph equipment was experimentally installed in 1901 ; and Lightship 66 became the first United States lightship with permanent radio equipment in 1904.