Fathers (title)

Father is a much-employed term that is used in various ways; as:

of angling: Isaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler
of Ecclesiastical History: The name given to Eusebius of Cæsarea
of English Cathedral Music: A name generally given to Thomas Tallis or Tallys (1515-85), organist of Waltham Abbey, gentleman of the chapel royal, and composer of Service in the Dorian Mode.
of English Poetry: A title applied by Dryden to Chaucer
of English Prose: A title given to Roger Ascham
of Epic Poetry: A name given to Homer, as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
of French History: André Duchesne, one of the earliest French historians
of German Literature: A title applied to Lessing as the leader in receiving in reviving a national German literature
of Good Works: Sultan Muhammed II of Turkey
of Greek Music: Terpander of Lesbos
of Greek Tragedy: The title given to Æschylus
of History: The name given to Herodotus, as the first writer of real history
of Jests: Joseph Miller
of Letters: 1. A title bestowed on Francis I of France 2. Lorenzo de' Medici
of Lies: Satan. The title has been used of Herodotus, from disbelief in the stories he relates
of Medicine: A title given to Hippocrates
of Moral Philosophy: A surname of Thomas Aquinas
of Music: A name given to Palestrina
of Orthodoxy: A title applied to Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, for his zeal in combating the Arian heresy
of Peace: A title given to Andrea Doria by the Genoese
of Ridicule: A surname of François Rabelais
of the Faithful: A title given to Abraham, as the ancestor of the Jewish nation
of the Marshalsea (a former prison in Southwark, London): William Dorritt, in Charles Dickens's Little Dorritt
of the People: A title assumed by the kings of Denmark and by Louis XII, Henry IV, and Louis XVIII of France
of Waters: A name given to the Mississippi River, on account of its great length and numerous tribitutaries

Others

Father Prout, The nom de plume of Francis Mahony
The Apostolic Fathers, The six fathers of the Church who were contemporaries of the Apostles; Barnabas, Clement of Rome, Hermas, Ignatius, Papias, and Polycarp
Fathers and Sons, A novel by Turgenev, a presentation of theoretic nihilism
Fathers of Mary, The Society of Marists, approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1891
Fathers of Mercy, A religious congregation of the Catholic Church, approved by the Pope in 1834
Fathers of the Church, A title of honor applied to the early writers of the Christian Church
Founding Fathers, George Washington and the men who established the Republic of the United States

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