Arthur Field (Royal Navy Officer)
Arthur Field may refer to: * Arthur Field (trade unionist) (1869–1944), British trade unionist and socialist activist * Arthur Mostyn Field (1855–1950), British Royal Navy officer * A. N. Field (Arthur Nelson Field, 1882–1963), New Zealand journalist, writer and political activist See also * Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter * Arthur Fields (photographer) Arthur Fields (born Abraham Feldman; 1901–1994) was an Irish street photography, street photographer of Ukrainian descent. He took more than 180,000 photographs of pedestrians on the south end of Dublin's O'Connell Bridge, over more than 5 ...

Arthur Field (trade Unionist)
Arthur George Field (13 July 1869 – 6 December 1944) was a British trade unionist and socialist activist. Born in Isleworth, then in Middlesex, Field grew up in Maidstone in Kent. He joined the National Secular Society, and at one of its local meetings became aware of the Democratic Federation. He joined the organisation, of which he remained a largely inactive member for many years, even joining its successor, the British Socialist Party. He became involved in debating societies, and in 1888 was the founding secretary of the town's Central Debating Society, which he launched with two debates on socialism.Bruce Aubry, "Field, Arthur George", In the run-up to the 1888 Maidstone by-election, Field worked with George Bateman, Will Parnell and Henry Hyde Champion to found the Maidstone Labour Electoral Association (LEA). The Liberal Party candidate, John Barker, agreed to support a maximum eight hour working day, and on this basis, Field and the LEA supported him. The org ...
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Arthur Mostyn Field
Admiral Sir Arthur Mostyn Field, (27 June 1855 – 3 July 1950) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Hydrographer of the Navy from 1904 to 1909. Biography Field was born in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, the youngest son of Captain John Bousquet Field of the Royal Navy and his wife Cecilia Mostyn. He was educated at Lymington and enlisted in 1868 as a cadet in the Royal Navy, where he joined the training ship . After two years basic training Field was appointed in succession to HMS ''Trafalgar'' and HMS ''Narcissus'' as a midshipman. After further courses of instruction. he was promoted lieutenant in 1875. The following year he was posted to the newly converted survey ship, , spending the next four years in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and the east coast of Africa, followed by a survey mission to the Oil Rivers of West Africa. In 1882 he went in HMS ''Sylvia'' to survey the Straits of Magellan. Field was promoted commander in 1889, and served from 1890 to 1894 ...
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Arthur Fields
Arthur Fields (August 6, 1884 – March 29, 1953) was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter. Biography He was born Abraham Finkelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up mainly in Utica, New York. He became a professional singer as a youngster. Around 1908, he toured with Guy Brother's Minstrel Show, and helped form a vaudeville act "Weston, Fields and Carroll". His first hit as a songwriter was "On the Mississippi" (1912), which he wrote the music for with Harry Carroll and Ballard MacDonald supplied the lyrics. In 1914 he wrote the lyrics to "Aba Daba Honeymoon", which was revived for the 1950 M.G.M. film '' Two Weeks With Love'' and thus got a renewed popularity which brought Fields large royalty incomes during his last two years. From 1914 onward, he recorded with many bands and for many labels and had a varied career in the recording industry. In 1918, he was popular for his performance of his " Hunting the Hun" war song. His 1919 recordings with b ...
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