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Carl von Linné
1707–1778
A Swedish naturalist and physician whose way of naming living things still shapes biology today. Best known as Carl Linnaeus, he helped bring order to the natural world with the binomial system used for species names.
6 Audiobooks
Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1
by Carl von Linné
Species Plantarum, Sections I-III
by Carl von Linné
Species Plantarum, Sections IV-V
by Carl von Linné
Species Plantarum, Sections VI-X
by Carl von Linné
Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 2
by Carl von Linné
Species Plantarum, Sections XI-XIII
by Carl von Linné
About the author
Born in Småland, Sweden, in 1707, he became one of the most influential figures in natural history. He studied medicine and botany, later taught at Uppsala University, and developed a clear, practical way to classify plants and animals that changed science for good.
His most lasting contribution was formalizing binomial nomenclature: the two-part Latin naming system used for species. Works such as Systema Naturae and Species Plantarum helped establish the foundations of modern taxonomy, and his approach spread widely through European science.
Later ennobled as Carl von Linné, he was also a physician, teacher, and field researcher with a gift for organizing knowledge. He died in Uppsala in 1778, but his influence remains visible anywhere scientists give a species its formal name.