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 ...
, may also refer to:
People
Cognomen or given name
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
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Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid–2nd century AD
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Agricola (consul 421) (365–?), Western Roman statesman
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Agricola (vir inlustris) (), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus
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Saints Vitalis and Agricola (died 304), martyrs
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Agricola of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint
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Agricola of Nevers (died 594), bishop of Nevers
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Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône (died 580), bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône
Surname
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Adam Christian Agricola (1593–1645), evangelical preacher
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Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
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Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
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Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738), German physician and naturalist
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Georg Ludwig Agricola (1643–1676), German composer
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Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola (; born 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 Empire, he was b ...
(1494–1555), German scholar and scientist, and the 'father of mineralogy'
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Ignaz Agricola (1661–1729), German Jesuit
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Ilka Agricola
Ilka Agricola (born 8 August 1973 in The Hague)[Curriculum vitae](_blank)
retrieved 1 January 2017. (born 1973), German mathematician
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Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German composer
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Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German scholar and theologian, an antinomian
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Karl Agricola (1779–1852), German painter
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Karol Ludwik Agricola (18th century), Polish engineer
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Kurt Agricola (1889–1955), German World War II general
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Martin Agricola (1486–1556), German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance
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Mikael Agricola (1510–1557), Finnish theologian and reformer
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Peter Agricola (1525–1585), German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian and diplomat
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Philipp Agricola (
fl.
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1571–1594), German poet and dramatist
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Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist
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Stephan Agricola, also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian friar
Pen name
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John Young (merchant) (1773–1837), merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia who wrote under the name Agricola
Places in the United States
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Agricola, Florida, a former company town
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Agricola, Georgia, an unincorporated community
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Agricola, Kansas, an unincorporated community
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Agricola, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
Other uses
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''Agricola'' (surname)
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''Agricola'' (book), a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus
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AGRICOLA, a database of scientific papers
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Agricola (vehicles)
Agricola (G. Tsolakidis & Co. O.E.) was a Greece, 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 ca ...
, a Greek truck manufacturer
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''Agricola'' (bird), a genus of birds
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''Agricola'' (board game), a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg
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3212 Agricola, an asteroid
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Auster Agricola, an aircraft from the 1950s
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Agricola (school), a secret NCO school operated by the
Grey Ranks during World War II
*Agricola Street, a prominent street in the neighbourhood of
North End in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Agricola Park, an urban park in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
, Poland
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Agrykola Street, a street in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
, Poland
*A series of commemorative medals issued by the
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates ...
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See also
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Agricola's Ditch
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