The Profile of Carl Linnaeus

Roslin Alexander:Carl von Linné, 1707-1778.Grh 1053

Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish zoologist, botanist, physician, and taxonomist. He is known for several important contributions amongst which the formalization of binomial nomenclature is the most famous along with modern taxonomy. Infact, he is also known as the “father of modern taxonomy”. Linnaeus spent most of his life traveling and exploring … Read more