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Cyrus West Field
1819 – 1892
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryCyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 20, 1819
Stockbridge
Date of death
July 12, 1892
Irvington
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
entrepreneurfinancierinventorphilanthropistengineer
Awards & honours
Congressional Gold Medal
Notable works
transatlantic telegraph cable
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