Agricola
Agricola can refer to a number of different topics and people, including:
Agricola (book), Tacitus's biography of Gnaeus Julius Agricola.
*The surname
Agricola was often used as a
Latin translation of one of these
Germanic surnames:
Bauer,
Schneider,
Schnitter,
Hausmann,
Huusman,
Huysman,
Huysmein. People bearing the name include:
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Alexander Agricola, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
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Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German landscape painter
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Georg Agricola, German scholar and scientist.
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general, whose biography was written by the historian Tacitus.
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Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer.
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Johannes Agricola, German scholar and theologian.
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Julia Agricola, wife of Tacitus
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Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance.
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Mikael Agricola, Finnish theologian, reformer and "The Father of Finnish written language".
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Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist.
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Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid second century AD.
*There were Christian saints with that name as well:
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Saints Vitalis and Agricola, martyrs of the fourth century.
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Saint Agricola of Avignon, bishop of
Avignon during the seventh century.
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Auster Agricola, an unsuccessful aerial topdressing aircraft from the 1950s.
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Agricola (database), a database of scientific papers operated by the U. S.
National Agricultural Library.
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3212 Agricola, an asteroid discovered by
Yrjö Väisälä in 1939.
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Agricola (school), a secret non-commissioned officer school operated by the
Szare Szeregi during World War II.
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Agricola (vehicles), a Greek 4x4 truck manufacturer.