Nikolaus Ager, name also spelled Nicolas Ager and sometimes referred to as Agerius (1568, Ittenheim – 26 June 1634, Strasbourg) was a French physician and botanist born in Alsace.
He was the author of the treatise "De Anima Vegetativa" (1629).
[2] During his career, he worked closely with famed botanists Johann and Gaspard Bauhin.
[1] In 1763 Michel Adanson named the genus Ageria (family Aquifoliaceae) in his honor.
In 1602 he published a new edition of Walther Hermann Ryff's "Reformierte Deütsche Apoteck" (Reformed German chemist) as "Newe ausgerüste deutsche Apoteck".