Famous Fathers

August 14, 2007 at 2:53 am 4 comments

Father of Arithmetic - Aryabhata

Father of Scientific methodology - Aristotle

Father of Computing - Charles Babbage

Father of Grammar - Panini

Father of Taxonomy - Carolus Linnaeus

Father of Genetics - Gregor Mendel

Father of Calculus - Issac Newton

Father of Geometry - Euclid

Father of Numbers - Pythagoras

Father of Psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud

Father of Surgery - Sushrutha

Not an exhaustive source of information – this is not a text book, of course. What I want to know is, is there a mother of any field of study? I browsed wiki, and the title there did say “List of people known as father or mother of something”, but my eyes failed to hit upon anything significant!

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Snail-mail… Forgotten forever? My pick – Enid Blyton

4 Comments Add your own

1. Shruthi | August 14, 2007 at 5:55 am

Necessity – It is the mother of invention
Bad PJ, sorry.

Nice list really… hmmm and I wonder too… are there any mothers? Research maadbeku.
2. Chaitra | August 14, 2007 at 6:25 am

Ha ha! Let’s see… if I come across anything worthwhile, I’ll put it up as an update.
3. Vani | August 14, 2007 at 4:30 pm

Hi Chaitra,

Thanks for visiting my blog…. and this is a cool list, I had forgotten most of the names..
4. Chaitra | August 20, 2007 at 4:56 am

Hi Vani,

Thanks for visiting back… I liked your blog for your efforts to revive traditions… I would help ones who would like to know these things but somehow don’t make actual efforts!