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Georgius Agricola jôr´jēe egrĬk´ele , Latinized from Georg Bauer , 1494-1555, German physician and scientist, known as the father of mineralogy. He was a pioneer in physical geology and the first to classify minerals scientifically. His celebrated work De re metallica (1556) was a standard in metallurgy and mining for over a century and was translated into English (1912) by Herbert C. Hoover and Lou H. Hoover.

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Agricola, Georgius ( Georg Bauer) (1494–1555) The author of works on ‘geology’ and mineral classification, and of the first comprehensive record of mining, De Re Metallica (1556). Using Roman sources and contemporary German knowledge, his books became basic reference material for two centuries.

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