Carl Linnaeus

''Carl von Linné'' by [[Alexander Roslin]], 1775<br>(oil on canvas, [[Gripsholm Castle]]) Carl Linnaeus , ;}} (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,}} 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". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as .

Linnaeus was the son of a curate and he was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in 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 his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, while publishing several volumes. By the time of his death in 1778, he was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe.

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on Earth." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist." Linnaeus has been called ' (Prince of Botanists) and "The Pliny of the North". He is also considered one of the founders of modern ecology.

In botany and zoology, the abbreviation L. is used to indicate Linnaeus as the authority for a species' name. In older publications, the abbreviation "Linn." is found. Linnaeus's remains constitute the type specimen for the species ''Homo sapiens'' following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, since the sole specimen that he is known to have examined was himself. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1749
    Holmiae et Lipsiae : Apud Godofredum Kiesewetter, 1749-1789.
    7 v. : ill. (copper engravings) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1798
    À Paris : Chez Levancher ..., an 7 de la République [1798 or 1799]
    242 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1752
    Halae Magdeburgicae [Halle a/S] : Apud Carol. Christ. Kümmel, 1752.
    xxxii, 441, [30] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1792
    Matriti : P. Marin, 1792.
    viii, 426 p. : 11 pl. ; 21 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1840
    Lipsiae : O. Wigand, 1840.
    iv, 202 p. ; 29 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1989
    Moskva : "Nauka", 1989.
    451 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1764
    Holmiae [Stockholm] : Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1764.
    [4], XX, 580, [44] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1737
    Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Conradum Wishoff, 1737.
    [16], 384, [20] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1762
    Holmiae : Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1762.
    444, [4] p., [IV] leaves of plates : ill. (copper engraving) ; (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1778
    Francofurti ad Moenum : Apud Varrentrapp Filium et Wenner, 1778.
    xxix, 571, [44] p. ; 20 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1737
    Amstelaedami : Apud Salomonem Schouten, 1737.
    [40], 372, [40] p., XII folded leaves of plates : ill. (copper engravings) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1740
    Stockholmiae : Apud Gottfr. Kiesewetter, 1740.
    [iv], 80 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1736
    Amstelodami : Apud Salomonem Schouten, 1736.
    [iv], 35, [1] p. ; (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1748
    Stockholmiae : Sumtu & literis Laurentii Salvii, 1748.
    [10], 306, [42] p., [III] folded leaves of plates : ill. (copper engravings) ; (8vo)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1787
    Hamburgi : Sumptibus B. Chr. Heroldi viduae, 1787.
    396 p. : dépl. ; in ̊8.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1775
    Kendal : Printed, and sold by T. Caslon and Hawes, Clark and Collins in London, J. Ashburner in Kendal, and A. Ashburner in Lancaster, 1775]
    xxviii, [4], 258, [9] p., [v] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1751
    Amstelodami : Apud Viduam S. Schouten & Filium, 1751.
    8, 220, [16] p. ; 20 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1905
    Upsala, Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-a.-b., 1905-1908.
    4 v. illus., plates (part fold.) fold. maps. 26 cm.
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1737
    Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Conradum Wishoff, 1737.
    [6], 25, 23 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo in 4s)
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    by Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
    Published 1758
    Lucae : Ex typographia Juntiniana, 1758.
    376 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (copper engraving) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
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