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Dear User, in this article you will learn about important scientist / inventors / mathematician / etc. who made significant contributions in their fields and were acknowledged as Father of their respective fields. Thus, we have provided names of important persons who were regarded as Father of their respective fields. Happy Learning!


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Father of Modern Physics- Galileo Galilei
Father of the Green Revolution- Norman Ernest Borlaug
Father of Microbiology- Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Modern Astronomy- Nicolaus Copernicus
Father of Nuclear Physics- Ernest Rutherford
Father of Nuclear Science- Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Father of Computer Science- George Boole and Alan Turing
Father of Biology- Aristotle
Father of the Green Revolution in India- M. S. Swaminathan
Father of the Indian Constitution - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Father of American Football- Walter Chauncey Camp
Father of Evolution- Charles Darwin
Father of modern Olympic- Pierre De Coubertin
Father of Numbers- Pythagoras
Father of Genetics- Gregor Mendel
Father of Internet - Vint Cerf
Father of Botany- Theophrastus
Father of Scientific Management- Frederick Winslow Taylor
Father of Electricity- Benjamin Franklin
Father of Electronics- Michael Faraday
Father of Television- Philo Farnsworth
Father of Nuclear Chemistry- Otto Hahn
Father of Periodic Table- Dmitri Mendeleev
Father of Humanism - Francesco Petrarca
Father of Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell
Father of Mobile Phone- Martin Cooper
Father of Geometry- Euclid
Father of Microscopy - Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Laptop- Bill Moggridge
Father of Psychology- Sigmund Freud
Father of Surgery- Sushruta
Father of New France- Samuel de Champlain
Father of the American Constitution - James Madison
Father of Plastic Surgery- Sir Harold Gillies
Father of Ayurveda- Dhanwantari
Father of Western Medicine - Hippocrates
Father of modern Medicine- Hippocrates


Objective Questions on Father of different Fields frequently asked in SSC, CDS, NDA, PSC, Railways and other competitive examinations-
1. Who among the following is known as Father of Electronics?
(a) James Madison
(b) Galileo Galilei
(c) Michael Faraday
(d) Alexander Graham Bell

2. Who among the following is known as Father of Genetics?
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Gregor Mendel
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Hippocrates

3. Euclid is known as Father of which of the following fields?
(a) Geometry
(b) Biology
(c) Surgery
(d) Microbiology

4. Marie Curie and Pierre Curie are known as Father of which of the following fields?
(a) Modern Physics
(b) Computer Science
(c) Nuclear Chemistry
(d) Nuclear Science

5. Who among the following is known as Father of Surgery?
(a) Hippocrates
(b) Sushruta
(c) Sir Harold Gillies
(d) Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek


Answers - 1(c), 2(b), 3(a), 4(d) and 5(b).


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