Nikolaus Ager

{{Short description|French botanist (1568–1634)}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Nikolaus Ager | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = 1568 | birth_place = Ittenheim | death_date = {{death date|1634|06|26 | df=yes}} | death_place = Strasbourg | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = Nicolas Ager, Agerius | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship =  | nationality =  | fields = Botany | workplaces = Strasbourg | patrons = | education = Basle, Strasbourg | alma_mater = | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = ''De Anima Vegetativa'' (1629) | influences = | influenced = | awards = The genus Ageria (family Aquifoliaceae) was named in his honor | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Nikolaus Ager''', name also spelled '''Nicolas Ager''' and sometimes referred to as '''Agerius''' (1568, Ittenheim – 26 June 1634, Strasbourg) was a physician and botanist born in Alsace. He was the author of the treatise "De Anima Vegetativa" (1629).<ref name=JJ>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Wck5AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Ager%2C+Nicolas%22&pg=PA446 Google Books] The Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1, Issue 2</ref>

He studied medicine in Basel, subsequently obtaining doctorates in medicine and philosophy in Strasbourg. In 1618 he became a professor of medicine and botany at Strasbourg.<ref name=DB>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz445.html Deutsche Biographie]</ref> During his career, he worked closely with famed botanists Johann and Gaspard Bauhin.<ref name=JJ/>

In 1763 Michel Adanson named the genus ''Ageria'' (family Aquifoliaceae) in his honor.<ref name=JJ/><ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/3231406 GBIF] Ageria Adanson, 1763</ref>

== Written works == From 1623 to 1634 he published a series of disputations, a few of them being: "De vita et morte", "De nutritione", "De mente humana", "De monstris" and "De somno et insomniis". In 1602 he published a new edition of Walther Hermann Ryff's "''Reformierte Deütsche Apoteck''" (Reformed German chemist) as "''Newe ausgerüste deutsche Apoteck''".<ref name=DB/><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311730628 WorldCat Title] Newe Ausgeruste Deutsche Apoteck</ref> The following are a list of some of his better known works: * "Theses physico-medicae de homine sano", 1593. * "Disputatio de dyssenteria", 1593. * "Disputatio de Zoophytis", 1625. * "De Anima Vegetativa", 1629.<ref name=JJ/><ref name=DB/>

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