George Lauder Sr. | |
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| Born | 9 May 1815 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Died | 18 November 1901 (aged 86) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, business |
| Known for | Scottish politics and surrogate father to Andrew Carnegie (nephew) |
| Spouse | Seaton Morrison |
| Children | George Lauder |
| Relatives | Andrew Carnegie (nephew) Thomas M. Carnegie (nephew) |
| Family | Lauder Greenway Family |
George Lauder Sr. (9 May 1815 – 18 November 1901) was a political leader in Scotland who was the father of Scottish industrialist George Lauder and surrogate father to his nephew Andrew Carnegie. He was the also the progenitor of the Lauder Greenway Family. Lauder Sr. has been described as Carnegie's "intellectual father."[1] Lauder was consistently credited by Carnegie throughout his lifetime, saying in his 1920 autobiography: "...a man whose influence on me cannot be underestimated, my Uncle Lauder."[2]
- ^ Higgins, John E. (1964). "Andrew Carnegie, Author". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 88 (4): 439–455. ISSN 0031-4587. JSTOR 20089741.
- ^ Carnegie, Andrew (1920). The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 15, 144. ISBN 1-60942-198-1.