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Also known as

• Georg Bauer

Profile

Mineralogist and historian. He studied in the mining district of Chemnitz, where he was also Saxon historiographer, and defended Catholicism amidst a Protestant society. His most important work describes contemporary mining and smelting methods. He is called the “Father of Mineralogy.”

Born

• 1494 in Glauchau, Germany

Died

• 1555 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany of natural causes

MLA Citation

• “Georg Agricola”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 November 2019. Web. 3 March 2021. <>