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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:
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. A B C D E F G H |- | Abram Stevens Hewitt || the New York City Subway || |- | Jim Henson || the Muppets || |- | Herodotus || History || |- | Herophilus || Anatomy || |- | William Herschel || modern Astronomy || |- | Theodor Herzl || modern Secular Zionism || |- | , 1983 , p. 10: "Earl (Fatha) Hines, the father of modern jazz piano, died yesterday in Oakland, Calif. after a heart attack." |- | 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)..." |- | Hippocrates || European Medicine || |- | Albert Hofmann || LSD || |- | Edward "Son" House, Jr. || Delta Blues || |- | Grace Hopper || the Computer || |- | Robert E. Horton || modern Hydrology || |- | L. Ron Hubbard || Scientology || |- | Edmund Husserl || Phenomenology || |- | G. Evelyn Hutchinson || modern Limnology || [http://lakes.chebucto.org/PEOPLE/hutchins.html G. Evelyn Hutchinson a.k.a. Father of modern limnology and the modern Darwin (1903-1991)] |- | James Hutton || modern Geology || |} I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z See also Footnotes |