Thomas Craig Fields (November 9, 1825 in St. Lawrence County, New York – January 25, 1885 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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[TCS] Hello. [AS] Hello Professor Südhof? [TCS] Yes. [AS] This is Adam Smith calling from the Nobel Prize website in Stockholm, where it has just been announced that you have been awarded the Nobel Prize, together with Jim Rothman and Randy Schekman. [TCS] Are you serious? [AS] I am serious, yes, my name is Adam Smith and I work for Nobel Media, which is the media company for the Nobel Foundation, and the announcement has just been made, just a very few minutes ago, here in Stockholm. [TCS] Oh my god (laughs). [AS] I just had the pleasure of speaking to your wife in California who I’m afraid I probably woke up, and she very kindly gave me your phone number. [TCS] Oh (laughs), oh poor Lu (laughs). [AS] She seemed ... [TCS] Let me just stop for a moment here because I’m driving in the middle of Spain somewhere. [AS] (laughs) [TCS] I was actually thinking that my friend was calling me, because I’m a little lost. Em. Okay. Em. I’m sorry (laughs). It’s a little unexpected. [AS] (laughs) Well your wife seemed very happy to be woken up with the news and... [TCS] (laughs) It is quite an amazing ... gosh [AS] It’s a time of awards. I mean, just a couple of weeks ago you were in New York receiving the Lasker Award [TCS] Yes, yeah but you know ... I mean there has been a lot of speculation about this, but I never thought I would be ... I would get it, but anyway [AS] (laughs) [TCS] (laughs) [AS] And I imagine it’s also very nice to be awarded together with James Rothman and Randy Schekman [TCS] Oh it’s wonderful; it’s wonderful, I am actually extremely happy about that, because I think that that’s incredibly fair, and you know, everybody has their own view of who deserves what and one tends to overestimate oneself but I think that, I mean, its more than fair. [AS] You’re renowned for your productivity. What gives you the drive to work so hard? [TCS] (laughs) My wife thinks I’m crazy, I don’t know. I am incredibly driven. I didn’t think I was when I was young, I thought I was normal, but as I got older and I see the other people around me, and I feel sometimes that I just ... that’s the way I am. And ... I still have to digest this, I’m sorry. [AS] Of course, of course. And I guess now you have a choice, you’re on your own in a car in the middle of Spain somewhere. You have the possibility of running off and being on your own, or facing everybody who wants to talk to you (laughs). [TCS] Well, I’m supposed to give a talk this afternoon, so that will be quite interesting . (laughs) [AS] (laughs) Yes. Lucky institute that has you for the afternoon. [TCS] And its ... I cannot tell you how much I enjoy what I do, so I will always consider it an enormous privilege to be a scientist, and ... of course, this honour is very ... incredibly beautiful. (laughs) [AS] So, my ... [TCS] Thank you very much. [AS] My very sincere congratulations, thank you. Bye bye. [TCS] Thank you very much, okay. [AS] Pleasure. Bye bye
Life
He studied law in Delhi, was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practiced in New York City. In 1847, he married Annie E. Smith. He was a Central Park Commissioner from 1857 to 1870; and a New York City Park Commissioner from 1870 to 1872.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 17th D.) in 1863; of the New York State Senate (7th D.) in 1864 and 1865; and again of the State Assembly (New York Co., 19th D.) in 1870, 1871 and 1872.
During the impeachment of New York State Supreme Court Justice George G. Barnard, among the charges it was noted that Barnard denied alimony to Annie on behalf of Fields.[1]
He was a member of the Tweed Ring, and in the autumn of 1872 he fled to Cuba, then Europe, and finally Canada, and died while being a fugitive from justice at his residence "The Priory", near St. Andrews, in Quebec.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 443 and 498)
- Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63 by William D. Murphy (pg. 317f)
- NYC Park Commissioners
- TOM FIELDS GONE in NYT on October 12, 1872
- THE FIREMEN'S CLAIMS; Verdict Against Thomas C. Fields at Suit of the People for $554,062.73 in NYT on May 21, 1873
- THOMAS C. FIELDS DEAD in NYT on January 26, 1885
References
- ^ "Documents of the State of New York Volume 6 - Charges Against Justice George G. Barnard, and Testimony Thereunder, Before the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly". Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers. 1872. pp. 8–9. Retrieved November 18, 2018.