List of People Considered Father or Mother of A Scientific Field

List Of People Considered Father Or Mother Of A Scientific Field

Those known as the father or mother of a scientific field are considered to be the founder of that scientific field. In some fields several people are considered the founders, while in others the title of being the "mother" or "father" is debatable. The father of science is Thales.

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    Janet Frame (b. 1924)

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    Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)

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    Laurence Steinberg (20th century)

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    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

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    Ernest Vincent Wright Wotton (1872–1939)

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    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

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    Maria Stewart (1803–1879)