Agricola, the Latin word for

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer m ...

, may also refer to:

People

Cognomen or given name

:''In chronological order'' *

Gnaeus Julius Agricola Gnaeus Julius Agricola (; 13 June 40 – 23 August 93) was a Roman general and politician responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Born to a political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a military tribun ...

(40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) *

Sextus Calpurnius Agricola Sextus Calpurnius Agricola was a Roman senator and general active during the 2nd century. He was '' consul suffectus'' with Tiberius Claudius Julianus for the '' nundinium'' of September-October 154. Agricola is known primarily from inscription ...

, Roman governor of the mid–2nd century AD *

Agricola (consul 421) Agricola (full name possibly Julius Agricola; 365–421) was a West Roman statesman who served twice as praetorian prefect and became consul for 421. Life He was from Gaul Narbo.Martindale & Morris (1980), p. 36 His familial relations are un ...

(365–?), Western Roman statesman *

Agricola (vir inlustris) Agricola (Floruit, fl. 466 – 485) was an Arvernian noble and son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus. Biography Agricola was the son of Avitus, and therefore the brother of Ecdicius and Papianilla (wife of Sidonius Apollinaris), Papianilla. H ...

(), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus *

Saints Vitalis and Agricola Saints Vitalis and Agricola ( it, Santi Vitale e Agricola) are venerated as martyrs, who are considered to have died at Bologna about 304, during the persecution ordered by Roman Emperor Diocletian. Legend Agricola was a Christian citizen of Bo ...

(died 304), martyrs *

Agricola of Avignon Saint Agricola (Agricol, Agricolus) of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700) was a bishop of Avignon. According to tradition, Agricola ("farmer") was the son of Saint Magnus of Avignon, Saint Magnus, also a bishop of the city. Life At the age of sixteen, ...

(c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint * Saint

Agricola of Nevers Saint Agricola of Nevers (french: Agricole de Nevers; d. 594) was Bishop of Nevers from 580 to 26 February 594.

(died 594), bishop of Nevers

Surname

:''In alphabetical order'' * Adam Christian Agricola (1593–1645), evangelical preacher *

Alexander Agricola Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the ''Grande chapelle'', the Habsburg musical establishment, he wa ...

(1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance *

Christoph Ludwig Agricola Christoph Ludwig Agricola (5 November 1665 – 8 August 1724) was a German landscape painter and etcher. He was born and died at Regensburg (Ratisbon). Life and career Christoph Ludwig Agricola was born on 5 November 1665 at Regensburg in Germ ...

(1667–1719), German landscape painter *

Georg Andreas Agricola Georg Andreas Agricola or Georgio Andrea Agricola or Georg Andreas Bauer or George André Agricola (; 1672–1738) was a German physician and botanist from Regensburg. He studied at Regensburg, and graduated from University of Halle-Wittenberg ...

(1672–1738), German physician and naturalist *

Georg Ludwig Agricola Georg Ludwig Agricola (25 October 1643 – 20 February 1676) was a German composer. Biography Agricola was born at (now Sondershausen) in Thuringia, where his father was a clergyman. He was brought up at Eisenach and Gotha, and attended the unive ...

(1643–1676), German composer *

Georgius Agricola Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empir ...

(1494–1555), German scholar and scientist, and the 'father of mineralogy' *

Ignaz Agricola Ignaz Agricola (July 31, 1661 – January 23, 1729) was a German Jesuit. Agricola was born in Zusamaltheim in the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg, Bishopric of Augsburg. He entered the Jesuit order on September 28, 1677, and studied in Jesuit schools, ...

(1661–1729), German Jesuit *

Ilka Agricola Ilka Agricola (born 8 August 1973 in The Hague)Curriculum vitae
retrieved 1 January 2017.

(born 1973), German mathematician *

Johann Friedrich Agricola Johann Friedrich Agricola (4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio. Biography Agricola was born in Dobitschen, Thu ...

(1720–1774), German composer *

Johannes Agricola Johann or Johannes Agricola (originally Schneider, then Schnitter; 20 April 1494 – 22 September 1566)John Julian: Dictionary of Hymnology, Second Edition, page 19. London: John Murray, 1907. was a German Protestant Reformer during the Protestan ...

(1494–1566), German scholar and theologian, an antinomian *

Karl Agricola Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola (18 October 1779 – 15 May 1852) was a German artist, noted for his portrait miniatures. Life and works Agricola was born at Bad Säckingen, Margraviate of Baden, in 1779. After a preliminary course of instruction i ...

(1779–1852), German painter *

Kurt Agricola Kurt Wilhelm Albert Karl Agricola (15 August 1889 – 27 December 1955) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who held senior level occupational rear-security commands in the occupied Soviet Union. A native of Saxony, ...

(1889–1955), German World War II general *

Martin Agricola Martin Agricola (6 January 1486 – 10 June 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist. Biography Agricola was born in Świebodzin, a town in Western Poland, and took the name Agricola later in life, a common practic ...

(1486–1556), German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance *

Mikael Agricola Mikael Agricola (; c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory ...

(1510–1557), Finnish theologian and reformer *

Peter Agricola Peter Agricola (June 29, 1525 – July 5 or 7, 1585) was a German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar and theologian, diplomat and statesman, disciple of Martin Luther, friend and collaborator of Philipp Melanchthon. Successively t ...

(1525–1585), German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian and diplomat *

Philipp Agricola Philipp Agricola (fl. 1571–1594) was a German poet and dramatist. Agricola was born in Eisleben, and is assumed to have been the son of Johannes Agricola. He was in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both ...

( fl. 1571–1594), German poet and dramatist *

Rodolphus Agricola Rodolphus Agricola ( la, Rudolphus Agricola Phrisius; August 28, 1443, or February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485) was a pre- Erasmian humanist of the Northern Low Countries, famous for his knowledge of Latin and Greek. He was an educator, music ...

(1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist *

Stephan Agricola Stephan Agricola (c. 1491–1547) was a Lutheran church reformer. Born in Abensberg, at a young age he joined the Augustinian order. As a monk, he studied Augustine deeply.Henry Eyster JacobsLutheran Cyclopediap. 6, "Agricola, Stephen" As a student, ...

, also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian monk

Pen name

John Young (merchant) John Young (September 1, 1773 – October 6, 1837) was a Scottish-born merchant, author, agronomist, and agricultural reformer in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1837. He supporte ...

(1773–1837), merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia who wrote under the name Agricola

Places in the United States

Agricola, Florida Agricola is a former company town in Polk County , Florida that was built in 1907 south-west of Bartow. It is at an elevation of 167 feet. The town was built to house employees of food processing business Swift and Company. The town operated a ...

, a former company town *

Agricola, Georgia Agricola is an unincorporated community in Glascock County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United St ...

, an unincorporated community *

Agricola, Kansas Agricola is an unincorporated community in Coffey County, Kansas, United States. History Agricola was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT& ...

, an unincorporated community *

Agricola, Mississippi Agricola is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in George County, Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the ...

, an unincorporated community

Other uses

* ''Agricola'' (book), a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus *

AGRICOLA Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: People Cognomen or given name :''In chronological order'' * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) * Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...

, a database of scientific papers *

Agricola (vehicles) Agricola (G. Tsolakidis & Co. O.E.) was a Greek maker of 4x4 multi-purpose trucks and other farm machinery based in Thessaloniki. The Agricola 25 GT 4x4 truck was a fairly advanced design introduced in 1975, with enhanced all-terrain capabilit ...

, a Greek truck manufacturer * ''Agricola'' (board game), a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg * 3212 Agricola, an asteroid *

Auster Agricola The Auster B8 Agricola was a commercially unsuccessful British agricultural aircraft designed for the aerial topdressing market which opened up in New Zealand in the early 1950s. Design Constructed of fabric over a corrosion-proofed steel frame ...

, an aircraft from the 1950s *

Agricola (school) Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: People Cognomen or given name :''In chronological order'' * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) * Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid ...

, a secret NCO school operated by the

Szare Szeregi "Gray Ranks" ( pl, Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (') during World War II. The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation i ...

during World War II * Agricola Street, a prominent street in the North End of Halifax, Nova Scotia *A series of commemorative medals issued by the