Agricola

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Agricola is Latin for farmer and can refer to a number of different people and things.

Contents 1 People 1.1 Romans 1.2 As Latin translation of Germanic surnames 1.3 Christian saints 2 Things

[edit] People

[edit] Romans

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general, whose biography Agricola was written by the historian Tacitus.
• Julia Agricola, wife of Tacitus.
• Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid second century AD.

[edit] As Latin translation of Germanic surnames

Original names: Bauer, Schneider, Schnitter, Hausmann, Huusman, Huysman, Huysmein.

• Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
• Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667-1719), German landscape painter
• Georg Agricola (1494-1555), German scholar and scientist.
• Georg Andreas Agricola (1672-1738), German physician and naturalist.
• Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720-1774), German composer.
• Johannes Agricola (1494-1566), German scholar and theologian.
• Martin Agricola (1486-1556), German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance.
• Mikael Agricola (1510-1557), Finnish theologian, reformer and "The Father of Finnish written language".
• Rodolphus Agricola (1443-1485), Dutch scholar and humanist.

[edit] Christian saints

• Saints Vitalis and Agricola, martyrs of the fourth century.
• Saint Agricola of Avignon, bishop of Avignon during the seventh century.

[edit] Things

• Auster Agricola, unsuccessful aerial topdressing aircraft from the 1950s.
• Agricola (book), biography of Julius Agricola written by Tacitus
• Agricola (database), database of scientific papers operated by the United States National Agricultural Library
• 3212 Agricola, asteroid discovered by Yrjö Väisälä in 1939.
• Agricola (school), secret non-commissioned officer school operated by the Szare Szeregi during World War II.
• Agricola (vehicles), Greek 4x4 truck manufacturer.
• Agricola (board game), a German boardgame released in 2007