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Dec 8, 2020 · Carl Linnaeus was the famous 18th century Swedish botanist and naturalist who created the basic biological taxonomy — the so-called binomial classification system — that is the foundation of...
Who was Linnaeus? 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 ...
Carl Linnaeus is most famous for creating a system of naming plants and animals—a system we still use today. This system is known as the binomial system, whereby each species of plant and animal is given a genus name followed by a specific name (species), with both names being in Latin.
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).
Carolus Linnaeus, who is usually regarded as the founder of modern taxonomy and whose books are considered the beginning of modern botanical and zoological nomenclature, drew up rules for assigning names to plants and animals and was the first to use binomial nomenclature consistently (1758).
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.
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 ...
