1707
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish biologist and physician (1707–1778)
- Born
- 1707
Carl Linnaeus, 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 Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.