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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known as Carolus Linnaeus, was a Swedishbotanist, physician and zoologist who created the binomial nomenclature.[1] In this system, every kind of animal and plant is given a name consisting of two Latin words, for its genus and species.[2] This became used by biologists all over the world, so he is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".
He was a good linguist, and famous in his time. He was made a noble by the Swedish king.
Biography
[change | change source]Early life
[change | change source]Carl was born in Småland in southern Sweden.
He was going to be a priest like his father, but did not do well enough in school. Instead, Carl studied at a college for botany because he liked it.
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He studied in Lund and tried to improve the garden there. He later went to another college.
Travels and research
[change | change source]In 1735, Linnaeus moved to the Netherlands for three year