Editing Cyrus W. Field (section)

{{Short description|American businessman (1819–1892)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Cyrus W. Field 
| image       = CyrusField4.jpg
| caption     = c. 1870
| birth_name  = Cyrus West Field
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1819|11|30}}
| birth_place = [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1892|07|12|1819|11|30}}
| death_place = [[Irvington, New York]], U.S.
| occupation  = businessman, financier, telecommunications pioneer
| spouse      = {{marriage|Mary Bryan Stone|December 2, 1840}}
| parents     = [[David Dudley Field (1781-1867)|David Dudley Field]], Submit Dickinson (1782–1861) 
| children    = Four sons, three daughters
| relatives    = [[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] (descendant)
| signature   = Cyrus West Field.svg
}}
'''Cyrus West Field''' (November 30, 1819{{spaced ndash}}July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the [[Atlantic Telegraph Company]] and laid the first [[Transatlantic telegraph cable|telegraph cable]] across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in 1858.