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May 19, 2024 · Carolus Linnaeus (born May 23, 1707, Råshult, Småland, Sweden—died January 10, 1778, Uppsala) was a Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them ( binomial nomenclature ).
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Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy ". [4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is ...
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Some of them died en route. In 1747, Linnaeus was appointed chief royal physician and he was knighted in 1758, taking the name Carl von Linné (which is why we are called the Linnean Society, not the Linnaean Society!). Linnaeus suffered from illness towards the end of his career and just a few years after retiring, died on 10 January, 1778.
Dec 8, 2020 · Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalized the binomial nomenclature system for classifying organisms.(Image credit: Grafissimo/Getty Images) Carl Linnaeus was ...
23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778. The father of modern taxonomy. Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for ...
Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in taxonomy: the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and more). Click on the tiles below to find out more about who Linnaeus was, why he remains an important figure today, and what work the Linnean Society and Linnean Learning are doing in his name.
Carolus Linnaeus was knighted by the King of Sweden in 1761 and took the nobleman’s name of Carl von Linné. He died at the age of 70, on 10 January, 1778, after suffering a stroke. He was survived by his wife Sara, and five children. Two of the couple’s other children died when they were very young.
