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Illustration of Carl Linnaeus. Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linn, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy . Many of his writings were in Latin his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linn us and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linn . Linnaeus was the son of a curate and was born in Rashult, in the countryside of Sm land, southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University a
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