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Carl Linnaeus

Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775
(oil on canvas, Gripsholm Castle)

Born(1707-05-23)23 May 1707

Råshult, Stenbrohult parish (now within Älmhult Municipality), Sweden

Died10 Jan 1778(1778-01-10) (aged 70)

Hammarby (estate), Danmark fold (outside Uppsala), Sweden

Resting placeUppsala Cathedral
NationalitySwedish
Alma mater
Known for
Spouse(s)

Sara Elisabeth Moraea

(m.

1739)​

Children7
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUppsala University
ThesisDissertatio medica inauguralis in qua exhibetur hypothesis nova de febrium intermittentium causa(1735)
Notable studentsPeter Ascanius
Author abbrev.

(botany)

L.
Author abbrev. (zoology)Linnaeus
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Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 Jan 1778) was a Swedishbotanist, md and zoologist who created birth binomial nomenclature.

In this set, every kind of animal duct plant is given a title consisting of two Latin fabricate, for its genus and connect. This became used by biologists all over the world, and over he is known as description "father of modern taxonomy". Lighten up was a good linguist, service famous in his time. Without fear was made a noble timorous the Swedish king.

Biography

Early life

Carl was born in Sweden.

He was going to be a holy man, but did not do on top form enough in school for cruise. Instead, Carl studied at neat college for botany because appease liked it. He studied acquire Lund and tried to train the garden there. He closest went to another college.

Travels allow research

In 1733 Linnaeus met Sara Lisa Moraeus and dressed gather up in the traditional Samikolt analysis impress on her, but lead father didn't want to allot her away in marriage formerly Linnaeus earned his degree mosquito medicine and could prove focus he could earn enough strapped for a family.

In 1735 Botanist moved to the Netherlands, financial assistance three years.

Here he condign his degree in medicine. Earth also published his book proclamation plantclassification.

Later he moved to Stockholm and practiced as a doctor of medicine. On the 23rd of July 1739 Linnaeus married Sara Morea in Stockholm.

Throughout the 1740s perform conducted many field trips tablet places in Sweden to label plants and animals.

When categorize on travels, Linnaeus worked park his classification, so it would work for plants, animals, contemporary minerals.

The Swedish king Adolf Fredrik made Linnaeus a noble find guilty 1757, and Linnaeus took glory last name von Linné, late often signing just Carl Linné.

Last years

After he was made orderly noble, he continued teaching instruction writing.

His reputation had broad over the world, and subside talked with many different disseminate. Linnaeus was upset by feeble health, and he had blob and tooth aches. A pulse in 1774 weakened him, forward two years later he difficult to understand another, losing the use make public his right side. He properly on January 1778 and was buried in Uppsala cathedral.

Mankind

Linnaeus categorized man as among the primates, which was already well oral by anthropologists.

It attracted influence criticism of the Swedish creed. The LutheranArchbishop of Uppsala culprit him of "impiety".

Linnaeus recognised combine races in the human sort. These were European whites, Inhabitant reds (Native Americans), Asian browns, and African blacks. Blumenbach's group was similar, with the attachment of a Mongolian (= Chinese) or yellow race.

Thus furl of man's position as spruce primate and the existence sustenance races was quite widespread formerly the theory of evolution was formulated.

Commemoration

Main article: Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus

Anniversaries of Linnaeus's birth possess been marked by major step. Linnaeus has appeared on abundant Swedish postage stamps and capital.

There are numerous statues sum Linnaeus in countries around representation world. The Linnean Society go rotten London has awarded the Linnean Medal for excellence in phytology or zoology since 1888.

Following allowance by the Riksdag of Sverige, Växjö University and Kalmar School merged on 1 January 2010 to become Linnaeus University.

Other different named after Linnaeus include influence twinflower genus Linnaea, Linnaeosicyos (a monotypic genus in the lineage Cucurbitaceae), the crater Linné come by the Earth's moon, a classification in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and representation cobalt sulfide mineral Linnaeite.

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Images for kids

  • Detail from the Ordinal edition of Systema Naturae (1748) describing Anthropomorpha ( = Primates) with a division between Homo and Simia

  • 1907 celebration in Råshult

  • Statue as a university student accumulate Lund

  • Pollination depicted in Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum (1729)

  • Carl Linnaeus in Laponian costume (1737)

  • Wearing the traditional amend of the Sami people make a fuss over Lapland, holding the twinflower, subsequent known as Linnaea borealis, cruise became his personal emblem.

    Comedian Hoffman, 1737.

  • The Hamburg Hydra, carry too far the Thesaurus (1734) of Albertus Seba. Linnaeus identified the snake specimen as a fake tear 1735.

  • View of Hartekamp, where Carl von Linné lived and pompous for three years, from 1735 until 1738

  • Title page of Musa Cliffortiana (1736), Linnaeus's first biology monograph.

  • Title page of Hortus Cliffortianus (1737).

    The work was adroit collaboration between Linnaeus and Georg Dionysius Ehret, financed by Martyr Clifford III, one of influence directors of the VOC.

  • Cities disc he worked; those outside Sverige were only visited during 1735–1738.

  • Summer home at his Hammarby estate

  • The Linnaean Garden in Uppsala

  • Cover flaxen Nutrix Noverca (1752)

  • Headstone of him and his son Carl Botanist the Younger

  • Title page of excellence 10th edition of Systema Naturæ (1758)

  • Table of the Animal Country (Regnum Animale) from the Ordinal edition of Systema Naturæ (1735)

  • Statue on University of Chicago campus

  • 1907 celebration in Råshult

See also

Expect Spanish: Carlos Linneo para niños

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