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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Quercus ilex describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Fucus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Circaea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Fuchsia triphylla describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Quercus macrocarpa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Carya ovata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Zygophyllum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Puffinus puffinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Coffea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lactoria cornuta describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Mola mola describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Equus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anas acuta describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Calidris canutus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Struthioniformes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ara macao describedBy Carl Linnaeus
European tree frog describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Gyps fulvus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Emex spinosa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
bar-tailed godwit describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sibbaldia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Tyrannus tyrannus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Allionia incarnata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Neea buxifolia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
rough-legged buzzard describedBy Carl Linnaeus
bearded reedling describedBy Carl Linnaeus
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Common cuckoo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Whooper swan describedBy Carl Linnaeus