Andrew Carnegie vs Friedrich Nietzsche
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Compare the life timelines of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1844 to 1900.
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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
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
- — Born in Röcken, Prussian Saxony Verified
- — Educated at the elite Schulpforta boarding school Verified
- — Studied classical philology at Bonn and Leipzig Verified
- — Appointed professor of classical philology at Basel at age 24 Verified
- — Published 'The Birth of Tragedy' Verified
- — Resigned his Basel professorship due to ill health Verified
- — Wrote 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' Verified
- — Published 'Beyond Good and Evil' and 'On the Genealogy of Morality' Verified
- — Suffered a mental collapse in Turin Verified
- — Died in Weimar Verified