Andrew Carnegie vs Booker T. Washington
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Compare the life timelines of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1856 to 1915.
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Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)
- — Born in Dunfermline, Scotland Verified
- — Emigrated with his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Rose from telegraph messenger to superintendent at the Pennsylvania Railroad Verified
- — Opened the Edgar Thomson Steel Works Verified
- — Married Louise Whitfield Verified
- — Published 'The Gospel of Wealth' Verified
- — Homestead Strike at Carnegie Steel Verified
- — Sold Carnegie Steel to J. P. Morgan, forming U.S. Steel Verified
- — Established the Carnegie Corporation of New York Verified
- — Died in Lenox, Massachusetts Verified
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
- — Born into slavery in Hale's Ford, Virginia Verified
- — Freed by emancipation and moved to Malden, West Virginia Verified
- — Studied at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Verified
- — Founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Verified
- — Delivered the Atlanta Exposition address Verified
- — Founded the National Negro Business League Verified
- — Published autobiography Up from Slavery Verified
- — Dined with President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House Verified
- — Died at Tuskegee, Alabama Verified