Who is the Father of Biology?

The Fathers of Biology is Aristotle. In the 4th century BC the Greek philosopher Aristotle traveled to Lesvos, an island in the Aegean teeming, then as now, with wildlife. His fascination with what he found there, and his painstaking study of it, led to the birth of a new science i.e., Biology. Biology is one of the three major branches of natural science. Biology is the study of life, living things and evolution of life. Living things like animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms, etc.

This branch of science is related to the study of life and its processes. Biology is further divided into many branches, the father of most of the biology branches are discussed below.

 

Father of Biology : Father of Branches of Biology

The study of living beings for improved understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena is called BiologyIt is divided into various branches like Botony, Zoology, etc. The Father of different branches of Biology is discussed in the table below. Questions are asked in many competitive exams from the father of some discipline, Biology and its branches are one of them.

Subject


Father


Father of Botany

Theophrastus

A statue of Theophrastus wearing a robe and unfurling a scroll

Father of Zoology

Aristotle

Father of Biology

Aristotle

Father of Modern Botany

Linnaeus

Portrait of Linnaeus on a brown background with the word "Linne" in the top right corner

Father of Endochrinology

Thomas Addison

Father of Immunology

Edward Jenner

Father of Agronomy

Peter De-cresenji

Nineteenth-century engraved portrait of de' Crescenzi after Antonio Muzzi

Father of Genetics

GJ Mendel

Father of Modern Genetics

TH Morgan

Father of Cytology

Robert Hooke

Father of Palynology

Erdtman

Father of Mycology

Micheli

Father of Plant Physiology

Stephan Hales

Father of Gene Therapy

Anderson

Father of Polygenic Inheritance

Kolreuter

Father of Surgery and Plastic Surgery

Susruta

Father of Anatomy

Herophilus

Father of Ethology

Konard Lorentz

Father of Cloning

Ian Willmut

Father of Chemotherapy

Paul Ehrlich

Father of Bryology

Johann Hedwig

Father of Mutation

Hugo De Vries

Father of Genetic Engineering

Paul Berg

Father of Ayurveda

Charka

Father of Taxonomy

Carolus Linnaeus

Portrait of Linnaeus on a brown background with the word "Linne" in the top right corner

Father of Embryology

Karl Ernst von Baer

Father of Blood Circulation

William Harvey

Father of Medicine

Hippocrates

Father of Blood Groups

Karl Landsteiner

Father of Palaentology

Leonardo da Vinci

Father of DNA Finger Printing

Garrod

Father of Gerontology

Korenchevsk

Father of Bacteriology

Robert Koch

Father of Antibiotics

Alexander Fleming

Father of Pathology

Rudolph Virchow

Father of Virology

WM Stanley

Father of Epidemiology

John Snow

Father of Endocrinology

Thomas Addison

Father of Homeopathy

Hahnemann