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Carl Linnaeus

Father of modern taxonomy

The Swedish biologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778) created the modern system of naming organisms known as binomial nomenclature.[1] Linnaeus is called the "father of modern taxonomy" and is also regarded as a founder of modern ecology.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Carl Nilsson Linnæus
Born
23 May 1707
Birthplace
Råshult, Sweden
Died
10 January 1778
Place of death
Hammarby, Sweden
Resting place
Uppsala Cathedral
Spouse
Sara Elisabeth Moræa (1739)
Children
7

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Linnaeus was born on 23 May 1707 in the village of Råshult in Småland, Sweden, the first child of Nicolaus Linnaeus and Christina Brodersonia.[4] His father, an amateur botanist and Lutheran minister, taught him Latin as a small child and often showed him flowers in the garden.[4][5] In 1727, Linnaeus enrolled in Lund University, and in August 1728 he decided to attend Uppsala University on Rothman's advice.[6][7] In 1735, he traveled to the Dutch Republic and was awarded a doctoral degree from the University of Harderwijk within two weeks.[8][9]

That same year, his manuscript Systema Naturae was published with financial help from Johan Frederik Gronovius and Isaac Lawson.[10] In 1717, when he was seven years old, Linnaeus began attending the Lower Grammar School at Växjö; he seldom studied and frequently went to the countryside to search for plants.[11] Linnaeus's interest in botany was noticed by his headmaster, who introduced him to Johan Rothman; Rothman then expanded Linnaeus's botanical knowledge and encouraged his interest in medicine.[12][13]

What the cited sources add

The IPNI author record confirms that Linnaeus's standard author abbreviation in botany is L. and lists his alternative abbreviations as L. or Linn.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2004), p. 171. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Calisher, "Taxonomy: what's in a name? Doesn't a rose by any other name smell as sweet?", Croatian Medical Journal, 2007, p. 268–270 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Broberg (2006), p. 7.; Egerton, "A History of the Ecological Sciences, Part 23: Linnaeus and the Economy of Nature", Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2007, p. 72–88 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Carolus Linnaeus – Biography, Facts and Pictures", FamousScientists.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2004), p. 15. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2004), pp. 17–18.; Blunt (2004), p. 18.; Stöver (1794), p. 13.; Blunt (2004), p. 171. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2004), pp. 23–25.; Blunt (2004), pp. 31–32.; Stöver (1794), pp. 19–20. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stöver (1794), p. 71. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2001), p. 94.; That is, Inaugural thesis in medicine, in which a new hypothesis on the cause of intermittent fevers is presented; Hempelmann, "Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria", Malaria Journal, 2013, p. 232; Linnaeus's thesis on the ague (malaria); , 2008, Uppsala University.; Hempelmann, "Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria", Malaria Journal, 2013, p. 232; Anderson (1997), pp. 60–61.; Blunt (2001), p. 94. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2001), p. 98.; Anderson (1997), pp. 62–63. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stöver (1794), p. 5. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Caddy, "Through the Fields with Linnaeus: A Chapter in Swedish History", Little, Brown, and Company, 1887, p. 43 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Carl Linnaeus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blunt (2004), p. 16.; Stöver (1794), pp. 5–6. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. "Linnaeus, Carl (1707–1778)", Author Details. facts only, no text reused. ipni.org

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