Nicolas Ager

Nicolas Ager (also d ' Agerius ) (* 1568 in Itenheim, Alsace ; † June 20, 1634 in Strasbourg ) was an Alsatian botanist .

Life

Nicolas Ager studied in Basel , but did his doctorate in Strasbourg, where he also became professor of medicine and botany from 1618 . He also dealt with zoophytes , questions of nutrition and mental illness.

Honors

The Paederota ageria plant is named after him. Also the plant genus Ageria Adans. from the holly family (Aquifoliaceae) is named after him.

Significant works

Theses physico-medicae de homine sano (1593)
Disputatio de Zoophytis (1625)
Disputatio de anima vegetativa (1629)
De Vita et Morte and De nutritione .

literature

Gerhard Eis: Ager (ius), Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 94 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ AGER, or AGERIUS . In: Hugh James Rose (Ed.): A New General Biographical Dictionary . Vol. I (AA-ANS). Richard Clay, London 1853, p. 147 (English, Google Books [accessed May 31, 2008]).
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ager, Nicolas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	d'Agerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	1568
PLACE OF BIRTH	Itenheim, Alsace
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 1634
Place of death	Strasbourg

[1] AGER, or AGERIUS . In: Hugh James Rose (Ed.): A New General Biographical Dictionary . Vol. I (AA-ANS). Richard Clay, London 1853, p. 147 (English, Google Books [accessed May 31, 2008]).

[Burkhardt_2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .