Agricola Explained

Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to:

People

Cognomen or given name

In chronological order

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
• Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid–2nd century AD
• Agricola (consul 421) (365–?), Western Roman statesman
• Agricola (vir inlustris), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus
• Saints Vitalis and Agricola (died 304), martyrs
• Agricola of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint
• Saint Agricola of Nevers (died 594), bishop of Nevers
• Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône (died 580), bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône

Surname

In alphabetical order

• Adam Christian Agricola (1593–1645), evangelical preacher
• Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
• Christian Agricola (1987–), descendant of a noble family of German origin, prince of the Holy Roman Empire
• Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
• Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738), German physician and naturalist
• Georg Ludwig Agricola (1643–1676), German composer
• Georgius Agricola (1494–1555), German scholar and scientist, and the 'father of mineralogy'
• Ignaz Agricola (1661–1729), German Jesuit
• Ilka Agricola (born 1973), German mathematician
• Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German composer
• Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German scholar and theologian, an antinomian
• Karl Agricola (1779–1852), German painter
• Karol Ludwik Agricola (18th century), Polish engineer
• Kurt Agricola (1889–1955), German World War II general
• Martin Agricola (1486–1556), German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance
• Mikael Agricola (1510–1557), Finnish theologian and reformer
• Peter Agricola (1525–1585), German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian and diplomat
• Philipp Agricola (fl. 1571–1594), German poet and dramatist
• Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist
• Stephan Agricola, also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian friar

Pen name

• John Young (merchant) (1773–1837), merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia who wrote under the name Agricola

Places in the United States

• Agricola, Florida, a former company town
• Agricola, Georgia, an unincorporated community
• Agricola, Kansas, an unincorporated community
• Agricola, Mississippi, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Agricola (surname), Ancient very noble family with the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Counts of the Austrian Empire, and Patricians of Udine and Lords of San Nicandro (San Nicandro Garganico) of Germanic origin of which a branch moved to Italy in the Friuli Region and a branch in the Puglia region in the city of Ischitella and San Severo
• Agricola (book), a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus
• AGRICOLA, a database of scientific papers
• Agricola (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer
• Agricola (bird), a genus of birds
• Agricola (board game), a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg
• 3212 Agricola, an asteroid
• Auster Agricola, an aircraft from the 1950s
• 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
• Agricola Park, an urban park in Warsaw, Poland
• Agrykola Street, a street in Warsaw, Poland
• A series of commemorative medals issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization.

See also

• Agricola's Ditch