A. N. Field

Arthur Nelson Field
Born27 February 1882
Nelson, New Zealand
Died3 January 1963(1963-01-03) (aged 80)
NationalityNew Zealander
OccupationJournalist
ParentThomas Field

Arthur Nelson Field (27 February 1882 – 3 January 1963) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and political activist.[1]

Born in Nelson, he was the first son of four children born to Tom Field and Jessica Black. His father was managing director of Wilkins and Field Hardware in his native city, which his grandfather had founded, and served as a Nelson City Councillor and Reform Party member of parliament for the Nelson electorate from 1914 to 1919.[2]

Field took up journalism and worked as a reporter for The Evening Post, Taranaki Herald, Poverty Bay Herald and Melbourne Argus (1901–1907), before returning to Nelson in 1907. He served as a Wellington Dominion columnist for the next 21 years (1907–1928). There was a break during this period when he served as a Royal Navy sub-lieutenant and adjutant at Portsmouth, and on board RNV Spenser in the North Sea. He returned to New Zealand when discharged in 1914.[2]

  1. ^ "Arthur Nelson Field Collection." Turnbull Named Collections. National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Spoonley, Paul. "Field, Arthur Nelson: 1882-1963". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.