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Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

Not to be confused with Carl Linnaeus the Younger or Karl Linnas.

"L.", "Linn.", and "Linnaeus" redirect here. For other uses, see L (disambiguation), Linn (disambiguation), and Linnaeus (disambiguation).

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 nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.

He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".^[4] 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.

Linnaeus was the son of a curate^[5] and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden.

He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 17 Carolus Linnaeus | Biography, Education, Classification ... BIQIN