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 Linné
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Carl von Linné
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Carolus Linnaeus
linked to: Carl 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, Sweden
linked to: Uppsala
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
gender male
hasWork Critica Botanica
Genera Plantarum
Philosophia Botanica
linked to: Critica Botanica

Species Plantarum
Systema Naturae
influenced Charles Darwin
modern biological classification
knownFor Genera Plantarum
Species Plantarum
Systema Naturae
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Swedish
memberOf French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
nobleTitle von Linné
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
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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golden eagle describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Animalia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
harpy eagle firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus
Ulmus minor describedBy Carl Linnaeus
The Botanic Garden influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus fullName Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus alsoKnownAs Carl von Linné
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus alsoKnownAs Carolus Linnaeus
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus alsoKnownAs Carl Linné
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus nobleTitle von Linné
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Humulus taxonomicAuthority Carl Linnaeus
Ulmus laevis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Enlightenment science hasKeyFigure Carl Linnaeus
Chelidonium describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Papaver somniferum authority Linnaeus
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Papaver somniferum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Papaver rhoeas describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Prunus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Juniperus communis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
American flamingo describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Hibiscus syriacus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Brown thrasher describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Georges Cuvier influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
Uppsala University hasNotableAlumnus Carl Linnaeus
Uppsala University hasNotableAlumnus Carl von Linné
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Homo sapiens authority Carl Linnaeus
Toxostoma rufum describedBy Carl Linnaeus
European starling binomialAuthority Linnaeus, 1758
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American robin describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Drosera namedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dama dama describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Axis axis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Chelonia mydas describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Testudo graeca describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Utricularia describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dermochelys coriacea describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Odocoileus virginianus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Mazama americana describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Oryza sativa authority Linnaeus
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Oryza sativa describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Atlantic cod describedBy Carl Linnaeus
subject linked to: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Nile tilapia authority Linnaeus, 1758
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Cervus elaphus describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Vitis vinifera authority Linnaeus
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Vitis vinifera describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Dumetella carolinensis describedBy Carl Linnaeus
Sus scrofa describedBy Carl Linnaeus