Carl Linnaeus

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botanist human naturalist physician taxonomist university teacher zoologist

Carl Linnaeus was an 18th-century Swedish naturalist who founded modern biological taxonomy by developing the binomial nomenclature system for naming and classifying organisms.

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Carl Linnaeus canonical 498
Linnaeus 22
Linnaeus, 1758 6

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instanceOf botanist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
taxonomist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Medicine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
surface form: Carl Linné

Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
surface form: Carl von Linné

Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
surface form: Carolus Linnaeus
awardReceived Order of the Polar Star ⓘ
birthDate 1707-05-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Råshult, Småland, Sweden ⓘ
classifiedAs founder of modern taxonomy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
deathDate 1778-01-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Uppsala ⓘ
surface form: Uppsala, Sweden
developed binomial nomenclature system ⓘ
hierarchical classification of organisms ⓘ
educatedAt Lund University ⓘ
Uppsala University ⓘ
employer Uppsala University ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
taxonomy ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
fullName Carl Linnaeus self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasWork Critica Botanica ⓘ
Genera Plantarum ⓘ
Critica Botanica ⓘ
surface form: Philosophia Botanica

Species Plantarum ⓘ
Systema Naturae ⓘ
influenced Charles Darwin ⓘ
modern biological classification ⓘ
knownFor Genera Plantarum ⓘ
Species Plantarum ⓘ
Systema Naturae ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nobleTitle Carl Linnaeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Linné
notableFor developing binomial nomenclature ⓘ
founding modern biological taxonomy ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Botany at Uppsala University ⓘ
Professor of Medicine at Uppsala University ⓘ
Rector of Uppsala University ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
workLocation Uppsala ⓘ

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golden eagle → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Animalia → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
harpy eagle → firstDescribedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Ulmus minor → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
The Botanic Garden → influencedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Carl Linnaeus → fullName → Carl Linnaeus self-link ⓘ
Carl Linnaeus → alsoKnownAs → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl von Linné
Carl Linnaeus → alsoKnownAs → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus → alsoKnownAs → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl Linné
Carl Linnaeus → nobleTitle → Carl Linnaeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Linné
Humulus → taxonomicAuthority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Ulmus laevis → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Enlightenment science → hasKeyFigure → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Chelidonium → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences → foundedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Papaver somniferum → authority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Papaver somniferum → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Papaver rhoeas → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Prunus → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Juniperus communis → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
American flamingo → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Hibiscus syriacus → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Brown thrasher → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Georges Cuvier → influencedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Uppsala University → hasNotableAlumnus → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Uppsala University → hasNotableAlumnus → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl von Linné
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach → influencedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Homo sapiens → authority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Toxostoma rufum → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) → binomialAuthority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
subject surface form: European starling
this entity surface form: Linnaeus, 1758
American robin (Turdus migratorius) → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
subject surface form: American robin
Drosera → namedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Dama dama → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Axis axis → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Chelonia mydas → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Testudo graeca → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Utricularia → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Dermochelys coriacea → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Odocoileus virginianus → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Mazama americana → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Oryza sativa → authority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Oryza sativa → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic cod
Nile tilapia → authority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus elaphus → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Vitis vinifera → authority → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Vitis vinifera → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Dumetella carolinensis → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Sus scrofa → describedBy → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Råshult, Småland, Sweden → associatedWith → Carl Linnaeus ⓘ