Andrew Carnegie vs Gustave Eiffel
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Compare the life timelines of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1835 to 1919.
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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
Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923)
- — Born in Dijon, France Verified
- — Graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris Verified
- — Supervised construction of the Bordeaux railway bridge Verified
- — Married Marguerite Gaudelet Verified
- — Founded his own engineering workshops at Levallois-Perret Verified
- — Engineered the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty Verified
- — Completed the Garabit Viaduct Verified
- — Built the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition Universelle Verified
- — Turned to scientific research in meteorology and aerodynamics Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified