Because he was credited with working out the mathematics behind it.
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Hipparchus is the father of trigonometry.
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based on my stock knowledge, i think hipparchus is the father of trigonometry.....
Hipparchus is the father of trigonometry and he was a Greek astronomer who lived between 190-120 B.C. He is considered as the father of trigonometry, a branch of mathematics which studies the angles of sides of triangles. :)
Hipparchus of Nicaea