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



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