List Of People Known As The Father Or Mother Of Something

The following tables list men and women ''often'' described as father or mother of something, ''except'' those described as fathers or mothers of nations. These are listed at Father and Mother Of The Nation .

Though someone may be known as a father or mother of something, this does not always mean they invented, discovered or originated the thing with which they are associated. It also does not mean that they always have been or currently are considered a father or mother of it.

Adding entries to this list

Any and all people added to this list should include a link to either or both:

an URL to one or two reputable websites where the person's commonplace description as a father or mother of something is reported. Links to other Wikipedia articles do not qualify (see ).

a footnote specifying one or two reputable and and widely available publications reporting the same.

Remember that people who ''might'' merit description as the father or mother of something are ''not'' listed here if they are ''not'' often described in this way.

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		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Abram_Stevens_Hewitt" class="copylinks">Abram Stevens Hewitt the New York City Subway
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Jim_Henson" class="copylinks">Jim Henson the Muppets
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Herodotus" class="copylinks">Herodotus History
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Herophilus" class="copylinks">Herophilus Anatomy
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/William_Herschel" class="copylinks">William Herschel modern Astronomy
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Theodor_Herzl" class="copylinks">Theodor Herzl modern Secular Zionism
	,	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1983" class="copylinks">1983 , p 10: "Earl (Fatha) Hines, the father of modern jazz piano, died yesterday in Oakland, Calif after a heart attack"
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Hipparchus" class="copylinks">Hipparchus Trigonometry Dalvi, Dinanath Atmaran (1879): ''Aryan Trigonometry'' ''The Theosophist,'' H P Blavatsky, editor, 1(1), October, 1879, Theosophical University Press Online Edition {Link without Title} : "Western mathematicians call Hipparchus, the Nicaean, the father of trigonometry, although they confessedly know nothing whatever about him beyond what they find in the works of his disciple Ptolemy But Hipparchus is assigned to the 2nd century B C, and we have the best reason in the world for knowing that trigonometry was known to the ancient Hindus, like many another science claimed by ignorant Western writers for Egypt, Greece, or Rome These pretended authorities suggest that Hipparchus "probably employed mechanical contrivances for the construction of solid angles" (Art Mathematics, New Am Cyc XI, 283)"
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Hippocrates" class="copylinks">Hippocrates European Medicine
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Albert_Hofmann" class="copylinks">Albert Hofmann LSD
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Son_House" class="copylinks">Edward "Son" House, Jr Delta Blues
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Grace_Hopper" class="copylinks">Grace Hopper the Computer
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Robert_E_Horton" class="copylinks">Robert E Horton modern Hydrology
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/L_Ron_Hubbard" class="copylinks">L Ron Hubbard Scientology
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Edmund_Husserl" class="copylinks">Edmund Husserl Phenomenology <!--Wikipedia ariticle credits him as father and I'd expect him to be known thus, but citations needed-->
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/G_Evelyn_Hutchinson" class="copylinks">G Evelyn Hutchinson modern Limnology [http://lakeschebuctoorg/PEOPLE/hutchinshtml G Evelyn Hutchinson aka Father of modern limnology and the modern Darwin
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/James_Hutton" class="copylinks">James Hutton modern Geology

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