 His teacher, the Leipzig professor Petrus Mosellanus convinced him to consider the common practice of name latinisation, particularly popular among Renaissance scholars, so "Georg Pawer" became "Georgius Agricola".Interestingly, his first name, Georg or Georgius, derives from the Greek Γεωργιος (Georgios), which in turn derives from γεωργος (georgos), meaning ""farmer" or "earthworker".