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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–2nd century AD * Agricola (consul 421) (365–?), Western Roman statesman * Agricola (vir inlustris) (), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus * Saints Vitalis and Agricola (died 304), martyrs * Agricola of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint * Saint Agricola of Nevers (died 594), bishop of Nevers


Surname

:''In alphabetical order'' *
Adam Christian Agricola Adam Christian Agricola (December 12, 1593, in Cieszyn – May 29, 1645, in Königsberg) was an evangelical preacher. He was the son of Johannes Agricola. Adam Christian learned in Cieszyn and Wrocław. Since 1612 he studied in Leipzig. In 1616 he ...
(1593–1645), evangelical preacher * Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance * Christoph Ludwig Agricola (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 (1494–1555), German scholar and scientist, and the 'father of mineralogy' * Ignaz Agricola (1661–1729), German Jesuit * Ilka Agricola (born 1973), German mathematician * Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German composer * Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German scholar and theologian, an antinomian * Karl Agricola (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 (1486–1556), German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance * Mikael Agricola (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 (
fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
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, musici ...
(1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist * Stephan Agricola, also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian monk


Pen name

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


Places in the United States

* Agricola, Florida, a former company town * Agricola, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Agricola, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Agricola, Mississippi, an unincorporated community


Other uses

* ''Agricola'' (book), a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus * AGRICOLA, a database of scientific papers * Agricola (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer * ''Agricola'' (board game), a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg *
3212 Agricola 3212 Agricola, provisional designation , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Fi ...
, 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 during World War II *
Agricola Street The North End of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of Downtown Halifax. History Prior to European colonization, the Mi'kmaq inhabited the ...
, a prominent street in the North End of Halifax, Nova Scotia *A series of commemorative medals issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization.


See also

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Agricola's Ditch The Vallum is a huge earthwork associated with Hadrian's Wall in England. Unique on any Roman frontier, it runs practically from coast to coast to the south of the wall. The earliest surviving mention of the earthwork is by Bede (''Historia eccle ...
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