2 Quotes & Sayings By Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola was a German writer and scientist, who has been called the Father of Mineralogy. He was born in Augsburg in 1540, and died in 1625. He was a professor at Jena from 1587 to 1601. In 1592 he published his work "De re metallica"
In 1601 he published "De natura fossilium", which became a standard textbook on geology for two centuries.