Nikolaus Ager
Template:Short description Template:Infobox scientist 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>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>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>GBIF Ageria Adanson, 1763</ref>
Written worksEdit
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>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/>