Carl Linnaeus

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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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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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Rallus aquaticus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Branta canadensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Coereba flaveola describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Tangara mexicana describedBy Carl Linnaeus
blue-gray tanager describedBy Carl Linnaeus
green honeycreeper describedBy Carl Linnaeus
summer tanager describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Euphonia violacea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Black-headed gull describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Egyptian vulture describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Artemisia vulgaris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Artemisia campestris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Nephrops norvegicus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Silurus glanis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bagre marinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Quillaja describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anguilla anguilla describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Buteo lagopus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Liriodendron tulipifera
Barbus barbus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Callichthys describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cyprinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bos mutus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Suriana maritima describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Asparagus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dracaena describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Polianthes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pleuronectes platessa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Limanda limanda describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Solea solea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Psetta maxima describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Eretmochelys imbricata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
purple honeycreeper describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Orchis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Allium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Narcissus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Synanceia horrida describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Phaethon lepturus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
turkey vulture describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Thunnus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Xiphias gladius describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Kalmia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
bridled tern describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Alnus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Betula pendula describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Eurasian spoonbill describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Siberian jay describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Combretum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Conocarpus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
King eider describedBy Carl Linnaeus