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45 Fathers of their Fields

Some people have done unmatchable work in their respective fields which made them
fathers of their fields.

A. Name the following fathers.

1. The Father of Human Anatomy _____________________
2. The Holy Father _____________________

3. The Father of Computers _____________________

4. The Father of Natural History _____________________
5. The Father of Railways _____________________
6. The Father of Greek Tragedy _____________________

7. The Father of Telephone _____________________

8. The Father of Modern Astronomy _____________________
9. The Father of Comedy _____________________

10. The Father of Nuclear Chemistry _____________________
11. The Father of Economics _____________________

12. The Father of Modern Physics _____________________

B. Tick (3) the correct option.
1. Who among the following is known as father of Electronics ?
a) James Madison b) Galileo Galilei

c) Michael Faraday c) 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 a father of which of the following fields ?

a) Geometry b) Biology c) Surgery d) Microbiology
4. Marie Curie and Pierre Currie are known as father of which of the following fields ?
a) Modern Physics b) Computer Science
c) Nuclear Chemistry d) Nuclear Science

Clue Corner

a) Adam Smith b) Pope c) Aristophanes d) George Stephenson

e) Charles Babbage f) Alexander Graham Bell g) Nicolaus Copernicus h) Andreas Vesalius
i) Aeschylus j) John Ray k) Otto Hahn l) Albert Einstein

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