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  1. Carl Linnaeus - Wikipedia

    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 …

  2. Carolus Linnaeus | Biography, Education, Classification ...

    Nov 26, 2025 · Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming …

  3. Carl Linnaeus - University of California Museum of Paleontology

    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 …

  4. Who was Linnaeus? - The Linnean Society

    Who was Linnaeus? Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in taxonomy: the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and more).

  5. Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy) - TheCollector

    Jan 18, 2025 · The Swedish naturalist Carl Linné (1707-1778), better known by his Latinized name Carl Linnaeus, and later knighted as Carl von Linné, is the undisputed father of modern taxonomy — the …

  6. Carolus Linnaeus - New World Encyclopedia

    Linnaeus made important, lasting contributions to biology. However, his work also had social implications beyond that of taxonomic principles.

  7. Carl Linnaeus was a renowned botanist, physician and zoologist and one of the most in-fluential scientists in history. He attempted to describe the natural world in its entirety and explore the …