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Carl Linnaeus

Born

in Råshult, Småland, Sweden

May 23, 1707

Died

January 10, 1778

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

Genre

Science, Botany, Zoology

Influences

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Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus or Carolus Linnaeus, also called Carl von Linné, founded the modern classification, presented in his influential work Systema Naturae , for plants and animals.

This physician and zoologist laid the biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. People know and also consider him as the father of taxonomy and also ecology.

Linnaeus received most of his higher education at Uppsala, where he began giving lectures in 1730. From 1735, he lived abroad, studied, and also published a first edition in the Netherlands. He then returned in 1738 as professor of medicine at Uppsala. In the 1740s, people sent him on several journeys to find organisms. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect even minerals and w ...more

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	Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica by Carl Linnaeus, Stephen Freer (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Systema Naturae 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1964 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lapplandsresan 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1732 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Öländska och Gotländska Resa år 1741 by Carl Linnaeus, Carl-Otto von Sydow (editor), Gunnar Brusewitz (illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1745 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nemesis divina liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1777 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Om sättet att tillhopa gå: sexualföreläsningar: collegium medicum 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carl Linnæi Skånska resa på höga överhetens befallning förrättad år 1749 by Carl Linnaeus, Carl-Otto von Sydow (Redaktör), Gunnar Brusewitz (Illustratör) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1749	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carl von Linnés västgötaresa : förrättad 1746 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1746	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels by Carl Linnaeus, Stephen Lee (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Om undran inför naturen : och andra latinska skrifter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If a tree dies, plant another in its place.”
― Carl Linnaeus

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“In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.”
― Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica

tags: confirmation, observation, science, truth

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“When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.”
― Carl Linnaeus

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