Social Sciences
| Subject | Father/mother of … | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | Herodotus Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī |
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| Demography | Ibn Khaldun | Muqaddimah (Prolegomena) (1377) |
| Egyptology | Father Athanasius Kircher
Jean-François Champollion |
First to identify the phoenetic importance of the hieroglyph, and he demonstrated Coptic as a vestige of early Egyptian, before the Rosetta stone's discovery. Translated parts of the Rosetta Stone. |
| Indology | Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī | Wrote the Indica |
| International law | Francisco de Vitoria (ca 1483-1546)
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) |
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| Linguistics (early) | Panini | Wrote the first descriptive grammar (of Sanskrit) |
| Linguistics (modern) | Ferdinand de Saussure
Noam Chomsky |
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| Political science (modern) | Niccolò Machiavelli | Discussion of and concern with how people actually behave, as opposed to how people should behave. |
| Sociology | Ibn Khaldun Adam Ferguson Auguste Comte Marquis de Condorcet (founder) |
Wrote the first sociological book, the Muqaddimah (Prolegomena). "Father of modern sociology" Introduced the scientific method into sociology. |
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