Robert O. Fielding

Robert O. Fielding is remembered for Spices, Their Histories: Valuable Information for Grocers, published in Seattle in 1910 by The Trade Register. The book explores the origins, uses, and commercial importance of spices, mixing short histories with information aimed at people working in the grocery trade.

Project Gutenberg notes that the material was first written as a series of articles by Fielding while he was on the staff of The Trade Register, and LibriVox likewise identifies him as a writer for that publication around 1910. Beyond that association and the surviving book itself, reliable biographical details about his life are scarce.

That scarcity gives his work a certain charm: rather than being remembered for a large public career, he survives through a focused, practical volume that still offers a glimpse into food commerce and everyday trade writing from the early 1900s.