Andrew Carnegie vs Georg Cantor
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Compare the life timelines of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and Georg Cantor (1845–1918) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1845 to 1918.
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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
Georg Cantor (1845–1918)
- — Born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Verified
- — Family moved from Russia to Germany Verified
- — Studied mathematics in Zurich and Berlin Verified
- — Received doctorate from the University of Berlin Verified
- — Joined the University of Halle Verified
- — Proved the uncountability of the real numbers Verified
- — Married Vally Guttmann Verified
- — Co-founded the German Mathematical Society and served as its first president Verified
- — Published diagonal argument and theory of transfinite numbers Verified
- — Died in a sanatorium in Halle Verified