Carl Linnaeus
1707–1778
Swedish botanist who founded the modern naming of species.
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) was a biologist, born in Råshult and died in Linnaeus Hammarby.
- Known as
- Biologist
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1707, Råshult
- Died
- 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby
Alive at the same time as Carl Linnaeus
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Portrait: Alexander Roslin, Public domain.
