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The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Father/mother Reason Aerodynamics (modern) Sir George Cayley [20] [21] Founding father of modern aerodynamics; first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight—weight, lift, drag, and thrust; modern airplane design is based on those discoveries American manufacture: Samuel Slater [22] described by Andrew Jackson American landscape ...
Al-Khwarizmi: Most renowned as the Father of Algebra [18] [19] Al-Khwarizmi had such huge influence on the field of mathematics that it is attributed to him the eponymous word 'algorithm' as well as 'algebra'. [20] [21] Ibn Hazm: Father of Comparative Religion and "honoured in the West as that of the founder of the science of comparative religion."
Michael Faraday was born on 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts, [7] Surrey, which is now part of the London Borough of Southwark. [8] His family was not well off. His father, James, was a member of the Glasite sect of Christianity.
During this period, the Church was also a major patron of engineering for the construction of elaborate cathedrals. Since the Renaissance, Catholic scientists have been credited as fathers of a diverse range of scientific fields: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) pioneered heliocentrism, René Descartes (1596-1650) father of analytical geometry and co-founder of modern philosophy, Jean-Baptiste ...
Founder of modern soil science; coined the term "pedology" W. B. George: 1899–1972: Canada: Kemptville Agricultural School lecturer and chairman of the Fertilizer Advisory Board of Ontario Konstantin Glinka: 1867–1927: Russia: Prominent Russian soil scientist Eugene W. Hilgard: 1833–1916: USA: Father of modern soil science in the USA ...
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Pages in category "Science pioneers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field; C.