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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Sciurus vulgaris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Glycine taxonAuthor Carl Linnaeus
Glycine namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Indigofera taxonAuthor Carl Linnaeus
Volatinia jacarina describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Thraupis episcopus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sicalis flaveola describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Chlorophanes spiza describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dacnis cayana describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Piranga rubra describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cyanerpes cyaneus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Helianthus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cynara namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Tagetes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Solidago describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Senecio describedBy Carl Linnaeus
northern pike describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Babyrousa babyrussa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Potamochoerus porcus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Giraffa firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bos primigenius describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Camelus bactrianus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lactuca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Daniel Solander studentOf Carl Linnaeus
Daniel Solander influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cichorium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cyprinus carpio describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Tinca tinca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bos firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean House namedAfter Carl Linnaeus
Littorina littorea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lathyrus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Glycyrrhiza discoveredBy Carl Linnaeus
Glycyrrhiza taxonAuthor Carl Linnaeus
Aegypius monachus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Mineralia definedBy Carl Linnaeus
Mineralia introducedBy Carl Linnaeus
Olof Rudbeck the Elder influenced Carl Linnaeus
European eel describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pterois volitans describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Laurentii Salvii printedFor Carl Linnaeus
Carl hasNotableBearer Carl Linnaeus
Acipenser describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Acipenser namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Peregrine falcon describedBy Carl Linnaeus
manx shearwater describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Manx shearwater
Tapirus terrestris describedBy Carl Linnaeus