History the study of life in society in the past, in all its aspect, in relation to present developments and

future hopes. Indeed, evidence is the raw material of history teaching and learning. It is an Inquiry into
what happened in the past, when it happened, and how it happened.

Herodotus the father of History called by Cicero.

Cicero called Herodotus the “father of history.”

Geography is the study of Earth's landscapes, peoples, places, and environments.

Eratosthenes is considered the father of geography. Geography is usually broken down into two main
categories: physical and cultural. Physical geography studies the natural world. ... It's also referred to
as human geography.

Five themes of geography

Location.
Place.
Human-Environment Interaction.
Movement.
Region.

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 B.C.–c. 194 B.C.) was an ancient Greek mathematician, poet, and
astronomer who is known as the father of geography.

A political scientist studies political and governmental behavior as a career, in order to aid campaigns
in elections, analyze voting patterns for lobbyists, and create models to predict future political trends

Political science is a social science which deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of
political activities, political thoughts, and political behavior. It deals extensively with the theory and
practice of politics which is commonly thought of as determining of the distribution of power and
resources

Aristotle (384-322 BCE) is known as the father of political science.

Anthropology is the study of what makes us human. Anthropologists take a broad approach to
understanding the many different aspects of the human experience, which we call holism. They
consider the past, through archaeology, to see how human groups lived hundreds or thousands of
years ago and what was important to them.

Archaeology. Archaeology examines peoples and cultures of the past.

Biological Anthropology. Biological anthropology specializes in evolution,
genetics, and health.
Cultural Anthropology. Cultural anthropology studies human societies and
elements of cultural life.
Linguistic Anthropology.

Franz Boas is considered both the founder of modern anthropology as well as the father of American
Anthropology. It was Boas who gave modern anthropology its rigorous scientific methodology,
patterned after the natural sciences, and it was Boas who originated the notion of "culture" as learned
behaviors.

Economics, is a study of production, consumption and distribution. Its a study of economics activities,
where one can fulfill their unlimited wants through limited resources. Economics is a social science
concerned with the production, consumption of goods and services, distribution

Adam Smith is widely regarded as the father of modern economics. But he wasn't. The real founder
may be someone most people have never heard of. More than 40 years before Adam Smith wrote
"The Wealth of Nations," Richard Cantillon authored the "Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en
General."Dec 1, 2000

Adam Smith

Adam Smith is widely regarded as the father of modern economics. But he wasn't. The real founder
may be someone most people have never heard of. More than 40 years before Adam Smith wrote
"The Wealth of Nations," Richard Cantillon authored the "Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en
general
Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. ... Unifying the study of these
diverse subjects of study is sociology's purpose of understanding how human action and
consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.

Definition of Sociology. Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of human social life.
Sociologists study people as they form groups and interact with one another. The groups they study
may be small, such as married couples, or large, such as a subculture of suburban teenagers.

Sociology as a Discipline. ... Sociologists examine the shared meanings that humans attach to their
interactions with one another, and they study human experience as it unfolds within societies over
time. They study social patterns that are stable and also those that are changing.

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Psychology is a multifaceted discipline
and includes many sub-fields of study such areas as human development, sports, health, clinical,
social behavior and cognitive processes.

Auguste Comte. The French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857)—often called the “father of
sociology”—first used the term “sociology” in 1838 to refer to the scientific study of society. He
believed that all societies develop and progress through the following stages: religious, metaphysical,
and scientific.

Auguste Comte is often credited as the founder of sociology. However, his work influenced and laid
the foundations for three other major theorists who are now widely regarded as the fathers of
sociology: Émile Durkheim (left), Max Weber (centre) and Karl Marx (right

Branches of psychology
Clinical psychology. ...
Cognitive psychology. ...
Developmental psychology. ...
Evolutionary psychology. ...
Forensic psychology. ...
Health psychology. ...
Neuropsychology. ...
Occupational psychology.

Wilhelm Wundt opened the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in
Germany in 1879. This was the first laboratory dedicated to psychology, and its opening is usually
thought of as the beginning of modern psychology. Indeed, Wundt is often regarded as the father of
psychology.

Linguistics is the study of language - how it is put together and how it functions. ... There are various
branches of linguistics which are given their own name, some of which are described below. Linguists
are people who study linguistics. Phonetics is the study of the sounds of speech

Linguistics: The Main Branches

sociolinguistics — the study of language and society.
stylistics — the study of language and literature.
psycholinguistics — the study of language and mind.
computational linguistics — the simulation of language by the use of
computers

Noam Chomsky is known as the father of modern linguistics. Back in 1957, Chomsky, with his
revolutionary book “Syntactic Structures,” laid the foundation of his non-empiricist theory of language.