Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné), was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalised the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 May 1707
CountrySweden
medicine
To live by medicine is to live horribly.
If a tree dies, plant another in its place.
bounds leaps nature proceed
Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds
glance globe loss marks plant practical quarters
A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them