Andrew Carnegie, 1835 to 1919, gave away over $350 million during his lifetime. One of his passions was free public libraries, and he's credited with founding 2,509 libraries in the English-speaking world. As the Columbia University Information Services reports, “Many persons of wealth have contributed to charity, but Carnegie was perhaps the first to state publicly that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their fortunes. In 1889, he wrote 'The Gospel of Wealth' in which he asserted
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