Georgius Agricola
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Georgius Agricola (24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German scholar and scientist. Known as "the father of mineralogy", he was born at Glauchau in Saxony. His real name was Georg Pawer; Agricola is the Latinised version of his name, Pawer (Bauer) meaning "farmer". He is best known for his book De Re Metallica.
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See also
- List of mineralogists
- Pliny the Elder
- Shen Kuo – an 11th century Chinese statesman who wrote a theory of land formation involving mineralogy
- Theophrastus
- Mineral collecting
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