Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was an American financier who, along with Samuel Morse, founded a corporation to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundland and Ireland. This telegraph cable, laid in 1858, lasted only for one month.
... for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority.
The first to have the title of "Tyrant" was Pisistratus in 560 BC.
In modern times Tyrant has come to ...