Cyrus West Field
1819-1892
American financier best known for sponsoring the laying of the first telegraphic cable across the Atlantic Ocean. After a number of failed attempts, Field arranged for Queen...
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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892), American merchant and promoter, laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable.Cyrus Field was born of Puritan stock in Stockbridge, Mass., on Nov. 30, 1819. He quit school...
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Cyrus West Field
Cyrus West Field