Cyrus West Field

E364797
businessperson entrepreneur financier human

Cyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier best known for leading the successful project to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable in the 19th century.

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Cyrus West Field canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Freedom of the City of London ⓘ
burialPlace Stockbridge Cemetery ⓘ
businessPartner Marshall Owen Roberts ⓘ
Moses Taylor ⓘ
Peter Cooper ⓘ
William E. Dodge ⓘ
commemoratedBy New York State Route 9A ⓘ
surface form: Cyrus Field Highway (New York State Route 9A segment, historical name)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1819-11-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1892-07-12 ⓘ
employer E. Root and Company ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Field ⓘ
father David Dudley Field I ⓘ
fieldOfWork international communications ⓘ
transoceanic telegraphy ⓘ
founded Atlantic Telegraph Company ⓘ
givenName Cyrus ⓘ
hasMonument Cyrus W. Field statue in Battery Park, New York City ⓘ
heritage English-American ⓘ
honor Copley Medal ⓘ
surface form: Copley Medal of the Royal Society (shared recognition for cable achievement)
industry paper manufacturing ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
influenced global telegraph network development ⓘ
knownFor Atlantic Telegraph Company ⓘ
leadership in laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable ⓘ
memberOf Atlantic Telegraph Company board ⓘ
mother Submit Dickinson Field ⓘ
name Cyrus West Field self-link ⓘ
notableWork organization of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
financier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Irvington, New York ⓘ
surface form: Irvington, New York, United States
project first transatlantic telegraph cable (1858) ⓘ
successful transatlantic telegraph cable (1866) ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Irvington, New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling David Dudley Field II ⓘ
Henry Martyn Field ⓘ
Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ
spouse Mary Bryan Stone ⓘ
usedShip SS Great Eastern ⓘ

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Field → hasNotableBearer → Cyrus West Field ⓘ
Cyrus West Field → name → Cyrus West Field self-link ⓘ
David Dudley Field II → sibling → Cyrus West Field ⓘ
Stephen Johnson Field → sibling → Cyrus West Field ⓘ
Stephen J. Field → sibling → Cyrus West Field ⓘ