Herodotus - Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus; Caria (modern-day Bodrum; Turkey) and lived in the fifth century蔅C (c. 484衏. 425蔅C); He is widely referred to as "The Father of History" to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation- he produced; a record of his "inquiry" Greco-Persian Wars; and ethnographical information. little is known of his personal history.