Spring Road Trip Drive From Rosyth To Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, from Rosyth on visit to Dunfermline, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain, in Fife. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835 to Margaret Morrison Carnegie and William Carnegie in Dunfermline, in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room, consisting of half the ground floor, which was shared with the neighboring weaver's family. The main room served as a living room, dining room and bedroom. He was named after his paternal grandfather. Carnegie's maternal uncle, George Lauder, Senior, a Scottish political leader, deeply influenced him as a boy by introducing him to the writings of Robert Burns and historical Scottish heroes such as Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, and Rob Roy MacGregor. Lauder's son, also named George Lauder, grew up with Carnegie and would become his business partner. When Carnegie was thirteen, his father had fallen on very hard times as a handloom weaver; making matters worse, the country was in starvation. His mother helped support the family by assisting her brother, a cobbler, and by selling potted meats at her " sweetie shop ", leaving her as the primary breadwinner. Struggling to make ends meet, the Carnegies then decided to borrow money from George Lauder, Senior, and move to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in the United States in 1848 for the prospect of a better life. Carnegie's migration to America would be his second journey outside Dunfermline, the first being an outing to Edinburgh to see Queen Victoria. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away $350 million, to charities, foundations, and universities, almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1889 article proclaiming " The Gospel of Wealth " called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. He died on August 11, 1919. ( While keeping a Social Distance you can still take a drive for essential visits, during the Coronavirus Pandemic keeping yourself out of close contact with other people )

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