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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Panthera pardus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
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American white ibis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
snow leopard describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Mitu mitu describedBy Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
white-tailed eagle describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Linnaeus University namedAfter Carl Linnaeus
Trichechus manatus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Viola odorata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Drimys winteri describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Drimys winteri binomialAuthority Carl Linnaeus
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Ranunculus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Actaea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Caltha genusAuthority Carl Linnaeus
Isopyrum genusAuthority Carl Linnaeus
Myosurus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
pyramidal orchid describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Aquilegia namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Polistes gallicus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anemone namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Polistes canadensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Caretta caretta describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Hypecoum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pierre Magnol influenced Carl Linnaeus
Polistes annularis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Hirudo medicinalis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
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Carl Peter Thunberg studentOf Carl Linnaeus
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Culex mosquitoes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
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Ivory gull describedBy Carl Linnaeus
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Rhamnus scientificNameAuthorship Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
The Linnean (magazine) associatedWith Carl Linnaeus
The Linnean (magazine) namedAfter Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean herbarium assembledBy Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean herbarium namedAfter Carl Linnaeus