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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Buceros bicornis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Procyon lotor describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Acridotheres tristis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
common myna describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Herpestes ichneumon describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Polioptila caerulea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Marmota monax describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Passer domesticus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Petronia petronia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Emberiza cia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Turdus iliacus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Oenanthe oenanthe describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Passer montanus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Remiz pendulinus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Grey heron describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Cuculus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
laughing falcon describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject surface form: Herpetotheres cachinnans
Falco describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Rupicola rupicola describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lampetra fluviatilis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Paradisaea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ciconia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Megaceryle alcyon describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Strix aluco describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Athene noctua describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ficedula hypoleuca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Spheniscus demersus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Morus bassanus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sula sula describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Pica pica describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Garrulus glandarius describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Saxicola rubicola describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Bombycilla garrulus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Alcedo atthis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Hirundo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Motacilla describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Lullula arborea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
long-tailed tit describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Eremophila alpestris describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Canis aureus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Castor canadensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Castor fiber describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Alauda arvensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Muscardinus avellanarius describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sorghum bicolor describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Fulica atra describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Gallinula chloropus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Porzana porzana describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Montagu's harrier describedBy Carl Linnaeus