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Subject:
Andrew Carnegie
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference Asked by: jimen-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
10 Jun 2005 09:37 PDT
Expires: 10 Jul 2005 09:37 PDT Question ID: 531878 |
The millionaire Andrew Carnegie is well known for the public library buildings he paid for in the U.K.. How many did he pay for and are there any "Carnegie" libraries outside the United Kingdom? |
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Re: Andrew Carnegie
Answered By: djbaker-ga on 10 Jun 2005 10:19 PDT Rated: |
Greetings! Andrew Carnegie paid for a total of 2,509 public libraries between 1883 and 1929. The country break down goes as follows: *United States -- 1,689 *Britain and Ireland -- 660 *Canada -- 156 *New Zealand -- 1 *Caribbean -- 1 *West Indies -- 1 *Fiji -- 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library Have a great day and thank you for using Google Answers! Best, djbaker-ga |
jimen-ga
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Excellent research! |
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