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1. ucmp.berkeley.edu › history › linnaeusCarl Linnaeus - University of California Museum of Paleontology

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   Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the ...

2. www.britannica.com › summary › Carolus-LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus summary | Britannica

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   Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish Carl von Linné, (born May 23, 1707, Råshult, Småland, Swed.—died Jan. 10, 1778, Uppsala), Swedish botanist and explorer. He studied botany at Uppsala university and explored Swedish Lapland before traveling to the Netherlands to complete his medical degree (1735).

3. evolution.berkeley.edu › nested-hierarchies-the-order-of-nature-carolus-linnaeusNested Hierarchies, the Order of Nature: Carolus Linnaeus

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   It is the 250-year-old legacy of a Swedish naturalist’s quest to discover God’s handiwork in nature. Image courtesy of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1798) was far from the first thinker to try to classify life.