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Biography. Carl Linnaeus the Younger was enrolled at the University of Uppsala at the age of 9 and was taught science by his father's students, including Pehr Löfling, Daniel Solander, and Johan Peter Falk. In 1763, aged just 22, he succeeded his father as the head of Practical Medicine at Uppsala.
- 1 November 1783 (aged 42), Uppsala, Sweden
Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre ( Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y. ), or Linnaeus filius ( Latin for Linnaeus the son; abbreviated L.fil. (outdated) or L.f. (modern) as a botanical authority; 20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist. His names distinguish him from ...
Headstone of him and his son Carl Linnaeus the Younger. Linnaeus was relieved of his duties in the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in 1763, but continued his work there as usual for more than ten years after. In 1769 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society for his work.
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Linnaeus' classification of man as a species of the animal kingdom, with four varieties or subspecies, corresponded to the four continents of the world. His works on human diversity and race had far-reaching consequences for humanity, including the dehumanisation of non-Europeans and the justification of evils like slavery and genocide.
Learn about the early years of Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist who created the binomial system of classification. Find out how he developed his passion for plants and science from an early age, and how he became a professor of medicine and a naturalist.
When Carl the Younger died five years later with no heirs, his mother and sisters sold the elder Linnaeus's library, manuscripts, and natural history collections to the English natural historian Sir James Edward Smith, who founded the Linnean Society of London to take care of them.
Olof Rudbeck the Younger, one of Linnaeus' former professors at Uppsala University, had made an expedition to Lapland in 1695, but the detailed results of his exploration were lost in a fire seven years afterwards. Linnaeus' hope was to find new plants, animals and possibly valuable minerals.
