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Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist born in the countryside of southern Sweden. He received his higher education at Uppsala University where he began lecturing in botany in 1730. Between 1735-1738, Linnaeus lived abroad studying and publishing the first edition of his Systema Naturae, which classified the natural world. Upon returning to Sweden, he became a professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s-1760s, Linnaeus collected and classified plants, animals, and minerals while publishing several volumes. Considered one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe, he was praised for his work by philosophers Jean-

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Naturae in The Netherlands. He Then Returned To Sweden Where He Became Professor of Medicine and

Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist born in the countryside of southern Sweden. He received his higher education at Uppsala University where he began lecturing in botany in 1730. Between 1735-1738, Linnaeus lived abroad studying and publishing the first edition of his Systema Naturae, which classified the natural world. Upon returning to Sweden, he became a professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s-1760s, Linnaeus collected and classified plants, animals, and minerals while publishing several volumes. Considered one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe, he was praised for his work by philosophers Jean-

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Carl Linnaeus

Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher
education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad
between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his Systema
Naturae in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and
botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify
plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and
minerals, while publishing several volumes. He was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe at
the time of his death.
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on
earth."[5] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I
know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly."[5] Swedish
author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a
naturalist."[6] Linnaeus has been called Princeps botanicorum (Prince of Botanists) and "The Pliny of
the North".[7] He is also considered as one of the founders of modern ecology.[8]

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