Person Agricola; George Andre (1672 - 1738); physician and botanist Agricola George Andre physician and botanist George André Georg Andreas Georg Andreas Bauer 1672 - 1738 German Male Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe 1672 1672 Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe 1738 1738

Physician Arboriculture Anatomy Education: Wittenberg; Halle Career: Practised in Regensburg; claimed to have found a way of making trees grow within hours from a 'mummy' of leaves and twigs; elected to the Royal Academy (1699). Nephew of Georg Agricola, writer on mining and metallurgy Experimented with plant cuttings and grafting and provided useful advice on vegetative propagation. Agricola also innovatively grafted various species of fruit trees onto one tree, resulting in a tree that bore different types of fruit. Fellow 11/01/1699 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Biog Univ; DBE; JBC vol 9 p94 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1672 - 1738 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 13/12/2023 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA819 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 13/12/2023 RS_NET\VidaM Yes def80e76-fca2-4c91-bfec-845154f2c795