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Father is a much-employed term that is used in various ways; as:

;of angling : Isaak Walton , author of ''The Compleat Angler''
;of Ecclesiastical History :The name given to Eusebius of Cæsarea
;of English Cathedral Music :A name generally given to Thomas Tallis or Tallys (1515-85), organist of Waltham Abbey, gentleman of the chapel royal, and composer of ''Service in the Dorian Mode''.
;of English Poetry :A title applied by Dryden to Chaucer
;of English Prose :A title given to Roger Ascham
;of Epic Poetry :A name given to Homer , as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''
;of French History : André Duchesne , one of the earliest French historians
;of German Literature :A title applied to Lessing as the leader in receiving in reviving a national German literature
;of Good Works : Sultan Muhammed II of Turkey
;of Greek Music : Terpander Of Lesbos
;of Greek Tragedy :The title given to Æschylus
;of History :The name given to Herodotus , as the first writer of real history
;of Jests : Joseph Miller
;of Letters :1. A title bestowed on Francis I Of France 2. Lorenzo De' Medici
;of Lies :Satan. The title has been used of Herodotus , from disbelief in the stories he relates
;of Medicine :A title given to Hippocrates
;of Moral Philosophy :A surname of Thomas Aquinas
;of Music :A name given to Palestrina
;of Orthodoxy :A title applied to Athanasius , Bishop of Alexandria, for his zeal in combating Arianism
;of Peace :A title given to Andrea Doria by the Genoese
;of Ridicule :A surname of François Rabelais
;of the Faithful :A title given to Abraham , as the ancestor of the Jewish nation
;of the Marshalsea (a former prison in Southwark, London) :William Dorritt, in Charles Dickens 's ''Little Dorritt''
;of the People :A title assumed by the kings of Denmark and by Louis XII , Henry IV , and Louis XVIII of France
;of Waters :A name given to the Mississippi River , on account of its great length and numerous tribitutaries


OTHERS

  • ''Father Prout'', The Nom De Plume of Francis Mahony

  • ''The Apostolic Fathers'', The six fathers of the Church who were contemporaries of the Apostles; Barnabas , Clement Of Rome , Hermas , Ignatius , Papias , and Polycarp

  • ''Fathers and Sons'', A novel by Turgenev , a presentation of theoretic nihilism

  • ''Fathers of Mary'', The Society of Marists, approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1891

  • ''Fathers of Mercy'', A religious congregation of the Catholic Church, approved by the Pope in 1834

  • ''Fathers of the Church'', A title of honor applied to the early writers of the Christian Church

  • ''Founding Fathers'', George Washington and the men who established the Republic of the United States