biography
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Carnegie, Dale
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originally Dale Carnegey
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pronunciation:
[kah(r)naygee, kar
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| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1955)
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| biography:
| Writer and public speaker, born in Maryville, Missouri, USA. Interested in public speaking from his youth, he was unsuccessful as a salesman, and moved to New York City where he gave classes in public speaking at the Young Men's Christian Association (1912). Soon he was developing his own courses and writing pamphlets which would eventually be published as books. After army service in World War 1, he managed Lowell Thomas's lecture tour, then toured himself to promote his ideas about success through public speaking. In the early 1930s he became known for a radio programme and his books, notably How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), which enjoyed immediate success and would remain one of the best-sellers of all time. This led to his demand as a lecturer and writer, and he began a syndicated newspaper column and founded the Dale Carnegie Institute for Effective Speaking and Human Relations, with branches all over the world. He lived to see the day when his name became virtually synonymous with the very kind of self-help-to-success that he promoted. |
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