Agricola facts for kids

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) (fl. 466–485), 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

Surname

In alphabetical order

• Adam Christian Agricola (1593–1645), evangelical preacher
• Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
• 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
• 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 (book), a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus
• AGRICOLA, a database of scientific papers
• Agricola (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer
• 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 Szare Szeregi during World War II
• Agricola Street, a prominent street in the North End of Halifax, Nova Scotia
• A series of commemorative medals issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization.

See also

In Spanish: Agrícola para niños

• Agricola's Ditch