Herbert George Wells was the first UK Science Fiction writer of note- among his works are The Time Machine, Invisible Man, War of The Worlds, etc. He was more interested in social problem content than was technology-oriented Verne. the two writers who were approximately contemporary, did not get along!
Hugo Gernsback is called the father of science fiction because he founded the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926.
Yes, he was referred to as the 'father of science'.
Some people consider Jules Verne the father of science fiction and Mary Shelley the mother of science fiction. Some even say that Gilgamesh was the first science fiction book.
Jules verne
The term "father of the genre" can refer to different individuals depending on the genre in question. It may refer to Mary Shelley for science fiction, Edgar Allan Poe for detective fiction, or Homer for epic poetry.
This is a subject of much debate as what we tend to call science fiction was in existence long before there a classification for the genre. The first piece of literature ever written, The Epic of Gilgamesh (4500 bc), in parts can be considered science fiction. The bronze age legends of Daedelus can be considered gadgetry science fiction. Lucian of Samosata c. A.D. 125 - after A.D. 180 has been named as the father of science fiction. Galileo Gaile Cyrano Bergerac Daniel Defoe Nathanial Hawthorne have all been credited with writing what can be termed science fiction. Mary Shelly has been voted as the first science fiction author for her novels Frankenstein and The Last Man.
H-G- Wells The Father of Science Fiction - 2005 V is rated/received certificates of: Finland:K-3
A French novelist and playwright who is often credited as the father of science fiction
Julius Verne (1828-1905) is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", with works such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.
Yes. For all practical ( and theoretical) purposes Mr. Verne was the Grand old Man or fore-father of Science Fiction. He also wrote material which was straight adventure and not sci-fi at all such as Michael Strogoff. Verne avoided the subject of extraterrestrial life but he did theorize in the dim past, the Moon had an atmosphere.
Galileo Galilei
Sir Francis Galton is considered as the father of fingerprint science. He was a pioneer in the study of fingerprints and their classification, leading to the development of fingerprint identification as a forensic tool.