Carl Linnaeus[a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3][b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial …

Jan 6, 2026 · Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system …

Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in taxonomy: the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and more). Click on the tiles below to …

Jan 18, 2025 · Carl Linnaeus is revered as the father of modern taxonomy and reviled as a key figure in the birth of scientific racism.

Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today …

Portrait of Carl Linnaeus by Alexander Roslin, 1775 Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known as Carolus Linnaeus, was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who …

Carl Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus, the name with …

Linnaeus (1707–1778; ennobled Carl von Linné) is one of the most famous Uppsala University professors ever. In 1735 he published Systema Naturae, an inventory of the three kingdoms of …

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living …

Nov 26, 2025 · Carolus Linnaeus - Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature, Systematics: Linnaeus did not consider the sexual system to be his main contribution toward the “reformation of botany” …