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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Dryas octopetala describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Spartina alterniflora
Canis lupus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Digitalis purpurea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sciurus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
European lobster describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Diceros bicornis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Archilochus colubris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Phaethornis superciliosus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anacardium occidentale describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ruta graveolens describedBy Carl Linnaeus
arctic skua describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Arctic skua
Swietenia mahagoni describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Peganum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Triphasia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Vultur describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sarracenia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
European storm petrel describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Raphus cucullatus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sitophilus oryzae describedBy Carl Linnaeus
little bustard describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Halcyon smyrnensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Halcyon coromanda describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ursus arctos describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bolinus brandaris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Spinus tristis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Meles meles describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Taxidea taxus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Viverra describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Zenaida macroura describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Chauna chavaria describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Anhima cornuta describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Diomedea exulans describedBy Carl Linnaeus
chimney swift describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Troglodytes troglodytes describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Eurasian wren describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Red-billed quelea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lanius excubitor describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pipra describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Prunella modularis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Regulus calendula describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Streptopelia turtur describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lanius ludovicianus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Eurasian penduline tit describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Passerina cyanea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dolichonyx describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Lanius collurio describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dracaena draco (dragon tree) describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Dracaena draco
Pheucticus ludovicianus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Passerina ciris describedBy Carl Linnaeus