Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist who created the taxonomic scheme and binomial nomenclature. He is known as the Father of Taxonomy.MSN Encarta: Carolus Linnaeus

Systema naturae: Taxomomic arrangement for animal, mineral and plant kingdom.MSN Encarta: Carolus Linnaeus

Philosophia botanica: Most influential work, claiming that natural system of classification could be derived from God's creation.MSN Encarta: Carolus Linnaeus

• ”Even from a humble cottage, a great man may emerge.”Linnaeus 300: Carlus Linnaeus

• "Behold... the teeth, the hand and fingers, and you will see how relatively closely we are related to the baboons and apes, indeed the satyrs of the forest."Linnaeus 300: Carlus Linnaeus

• 1707: Born on May 13 in Smaland, southern Sweden

• 1727: Studies medicine for a year in Lund University

• 1728: Continues his studies in Uppsala University

• 1730: Begins giving lectures of botany at Uppsala University

• 1732: Goes to Lappland, Sweden on scientific expedition for five months

• 1735: Attains a Doctor of Medicine degree at University of Harderwijk

• 1735: Published the first edition of Systema Naturae

• 1739: One of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

• 1739: Marries Sara Lisa Moraea at Sveden near Falun

• 1741: Appointed professor of medicine at Uppsala University

• 1741: Scientific expedition to the islands of Oland and Gotland

• 1745: Publishes Flora Svecica in Stockholm

• 1746: Scientific expedition to Vastergotland

• 1753: Publishes Species Plantarum

• 1758: Publishes the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

• 1778: Dies in Uppsala and buried in the Uppsula Cathedral