| Nikolaus Ager | |
| Birth Date: | 1568 |
| Birth Place: | Ittenheim |
| Death Place: | Strasbourg |
| Other Names: | Nicolas Ager, Agerius |
| Fields: | Botany |
| Workplaces: | Strasbourg |
| Education: | Basle, Strasbourg |
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| Known For: | De Anima Vegetativa (1629) |
| Awards: | The genus Ageria (family Aquifoliaceae) was named in his honor |
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Nikolaus Ager, name also spelled Nicolas Ager and sometimes referred to as Agerius (1568, Ittenheim - 26 June 1634, Strasbourg) was a French physician and botanist born in Alsace. He was the author of the treatise "De Anima Vegetativa" (1629).[1]
He studied medicine in Basel, subsequently obtaining doctorates in medicine and philosophy in Strasbourg. In 1618 he became a professor of medicine and botany at Strasbourg.[2] During his career, he worked closely with famed botanists Johann and Gaspard Bauhin.[1]
In 1763 Michel Adanson named the genus Ageria (family Aquifoliaceae) in his honor.[1] [3]
From 1623 to 1634 he published a series of disputations, a few of them being: "De vita et morte", "De nutritione", "De mente humana", "De monstris" and "De somno et insomniis". In 1602 he published a new edition of Walther Hermann Ryff's "Reformierte Deütsche Apoteck" (Reformed German chemist) as "Newe ausgerüste deutsche Apoteck".[2] [4] The following are a list of some of his better known works: