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Carlos Linnaeus

Carlos Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy. He developed one of the first comprehensive classification systems for living organisms. His Systema Naturae published in 1735 classified nature into kingdoms, classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties. It helped establish the modern system of scientific naming that is still used today. Linnaeus collected over 40,000 plant and animal specimens throughout his lifetime and made significant contributions to the field of taxonomy through his hierarchical classification system.

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Carlos Linnaeus

Carlos Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy. He developed one of the first comprehensive classification systems for living organisms. His Systema Naturae published in 1735 classified nature into kingdoms, classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties. It helped establish the modern system of scientific naming that is still used today. Linnaeus collected over 40,000 plant and animal specimens throughout his lifetime and made significant contributions to the field of taxonomy through his hierarchical classification system.

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Carlos Linnaeus

Taxonomy is a zone of science that chiefly emphases on classifying creatures.


Carolus Linnaeus – frequently referred to as Carl Linnaeus – who lived from
1707 to 1778, is known as Father of Taxonomy for he originated a technique to
shape and name species – a method we use even today!
Linnaeus main contribution to science was a hierarchical classification system.
Throughout the development of his lifetime, Linnaeus collected more than
40,000 varieties of plants, animals, bacteria, et cetera. After accomplishing a
medical degree in a university in Holland and being made a director in a
botanical garden which was also in Holland, he published his first publication of
Systema Naturae (The System of Nature) which was a booklet that enlightened
his classification of landscape.

The Systema Naturae


offered the
classification of
various kingdoms of
nature. Each
kingdom was
segmented into
classes, orders,
genera, species, and
varieties. It was first
published in
Netherlands in 1735.
Linnaeus’ 10th edition
of Systema Naturae –
which was printed in
1758 and also
considered the most
important edition –
classified 4,400
species of animals
and 7,700 species of
plants!
As a youth, Linnaeus
was being prepared
for being a
churchman, similar to
his father and
maternal grandfather
but he wasn’t passionate about the profession. He preferred botany. His
preference and passion towards the subject were enough to influence a physician
from his town. Linnaeus rarely studied, often going to the countryside to look for
plants.

At some point, his father went to visit him at the University of Lund – where
Linnaeus was perusing –
and decided to put the
youth as a novice to some
honest cobbler after
hearing critical
assessments by his
preceptors. He reached
the last year of the Lower
School when he was
fifteen, which was taught
by the headmaster, Daniel
Lannerus, who was
interested in botany.
Lannerus noticed
Linnaeus's interest in
botany and gave him the
run of his garden.

Lannerus decided to
acquaint Linnaeus with
Johan Rothman, who was
also a botanist. Rothman
managed to expand
Linnaeus’ interest in
botany. By 1724, when he was 17 of age, Linnaeus was nearly an expert in
botany.
Bibliography
Wikipedia
Study.com
Britannica Kids
Australian National Herbarium
The Linnean Society

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