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Rodolphus Agricola. Agricola was born in Baflo in the Dutch province of Groningen as the illegitimate son of the cleric and future abbot Hendrik Vries and Zycka Huesman, a rich farmer's daughter. [2] He was originally named Roelof Huesman, or Huisman, his mother's surname. The Latin adjective Phrisius identifies him as a Frisian.
Rodolphus is a Latin form of the name Rudolf. Notable people with this name include: Real people. Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), ... Fictional characters
The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit.On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman writer, Tacitus, written c. AD 98. The work recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain from AD 77/78 – 83/84. [1]
An instrument was built in the Martinikerk in the middle of the 15th century; this was expanded in 1479 after the construction of the Gothic tower, probably under the direction of Rodolphus Agricola, Groningen's syndic and a noted humanist. From this late-Gothic instrument, numerous pipes survive today.
Alardus was born in Amsterdam, a relation of Meynard Man.His teachers may have included Willem Hermans and Alexander Hegius.By 1511 he was teaching in Alkmaar, where he was a student of Murmellius who became the headmaster.
Agricola, a genus of birds; Agricola, 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
October 27 - Rodolphus Agricola, humanist writer (born 1443) [2] date unknown - Diebold Schilling the Elder, chronicler; References This page was last edited on 1 ...
He wanted to study with the humanist and musician Rodolphus Agricola, who was active at Ferrara in the 1470s and later Heidelberg, and several letters written by Agricola to Barbireau have survived; one of them gives useful clues about Barbireau's life. According to it, Barbireau was already active as a composer by 1484, and implies that his ...