Carl linnaeus early life
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Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
Not to be confused with Carl Linnaeus the Younger or Karl Linnas.
"L.", "Linn.", and "Linnaeus" redirect here. For other uses, see L (disambiguation), Linn (disambiguation), and Linnaeus (disambiguation).
Carl Linnaeus[a] (23 May 1707[note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,[3][b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".[4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.
Linnaeus was the son of a curate[5] and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of
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Scientist of the Day - Carl Linnaeus
“Aesculapius, Flora, Ceres, and Cupid honouring the Bust of Linnaeus,” hand-colored engraving by Caldwall after painting by Russel and Opic, in New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus, by John Thornton, 1807 (Linda Hall Library)
Carl von Linné, a Swedish botanist and taxonomist better known as Carl Linnaeus, was born May 23, 1707. Linnaeus is one of the more familiar names in natural history, because he developed a taxonomic system for animals, in which they are divided, successively, into classes, orders, genera, and species, and because he proposed a binomial nomenclature system in which an animal or plant is identified by a two-part name, in Latin, drawn from its generic and specific names, as in Echinus europaeus (hedgehog) or Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine). Both the taxonomic and the nomenclature systems were accepted by naturalists around the world and are still in use. We wrote a post on Linnaeus 7 years ago, discussing briefly his innovations in animal taxonomy and nomenclature, but we did
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Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). Hisideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists duringand after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophicaland theological roots of his work.
Biography of Linnaeus
He was born on May 23, 1707, at Stenbrohult, in the province ofSmåland in southern Sweden. His father,Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus, was both an avid gardener and a Lutheran pastor,and Carl showed a deep love of plants and a fascination with their names from avery early age. Carl disappointed his parents by showing neither aptitude nordesire for the priesthood, but his family was somewhat consoled whenLinnaeus entered the University of Lund in 1727 to study medicine. A yearlater, he transferred to the University of Uppsala, the most prestigiousuniversity in Sweden. However, its medical facilities had been neglected andhad fallen into disrepCopyright ©oilpike.pages.dev 2025