Agricola

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Agricola can refer to a number of different topics and people, including:

• 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 Agricola 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 United States 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.