Which of the following was the greatest benefactor of public libraries in nineteenth-century America,and in 1881 announced that he would build a library in any city that was prepared to maintain it?

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Andrew Carnegie was the greatest benefactor of public libraries in nineteenth-century America. In 1881, he announced that he would build a library in any city that was prepared to maintain it. Accordingly, he funded the building of over 2,500 libraries in the United States and other parts of the world. J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and George W. Vanderbilt were also wealthy industrialists of the same era, but they did not contribute as significantly to the development of public libraries as Carnegie did.

Which of the Following Was the Greatest Benefactor of Public