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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Yellow jessamine discoveredBy Carl Linnaeus
Jaguar firstScientificDescriptionBy Carl Linnaeus
Eastern box turtle firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
northern gannet describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Taenia solium firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Rhinella marina describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Malvales namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pistacia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Schinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Rhus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Lagerstroemia
Parkinsonia aculeata authority Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Parkinsonia aculeata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Elias Magnus Fries influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
Morchella esculenta describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Astronium firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Apis mellifera describedBy Carl Linnaeus
red-necked phalarope describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Excoecaria agallocha (gewa) authority Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Excoecaria agallocha
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Excoecaria agallocha (gewa) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Excoecaria agallocha
Avicennia officinalis authority Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Avicennia officinalis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Purple pitcher plant authority Carl Linnaeus
birds-of-paradise firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
dodo (extinct) firstScientificDescriptionBy Carl Linnaeus
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Black-capped Chickadee describedBy Carl Linnaeus
White-throated kingfisher describedBy Carl Linnaeus
American goldfinch describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Indian rhinoceros describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Columbiformes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Emerald dove describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lion-tailed macaque firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bald eagle describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pongo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Homo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Homo binomialAuthority Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus, 1758
Charadriiformes firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Turdus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Uppsala Cathedral notableBurial Carl Linnaeus
Avena fatua describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Carduelis carduelis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Spinus spinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Acanthis flammea authority Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus, 1758
Acanthis flammea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Kentish plover describedBy Carl Linnaeus
house mouse (Mus musculus) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Mus musculus
Oryza describedBy Carl Linnaeus