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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Linnaean herbarium creator Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean insect collection compiledBy Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean insect collection creator Carl Linnaeus
Linnaean insect collection namedAfter Carl Linnaeus
eastern bluebird describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Luscinia megarhynchos describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Gadus morhua describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Trisopterus luscus namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Nomada firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Trisopterus minutus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
woodlark describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Nolana taxonomicAuthority Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus filius (L.f.)
Gaultheria describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cyanea capillata describedBy Carl Linnaeus
this entity surface form: Linnaeus
Atropa discoveredBy Carl Linnaeus
Aedes aegypti mosquito authority Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Aedes aegypti
Brassica rapa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sinapis alba describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cucumis sativus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cucurbita pepo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ecballium elaterium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Raphanus sativus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Melissa officinalis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cucumis melo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cucurbita maxima describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lagenaria describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Hyssopus officinalis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Apium graveolens describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Malva describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Gossypium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Adansonia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anethum graveolens describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Conium maculatum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Vitis labrusca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Colaptes auratus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Theaceae describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pimpinella anisum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Papaver dubium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Carum carvi describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Caracal caracal describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Puma describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Panthera onca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Panthera uncia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Liquidambar describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bombyx describedBy Carl Linnaeus