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English: Carl Linnaeus , widely known by the Latinized name
Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), aka
Carl von Linné , aka
Carlos Linneo , was a
Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for modern biological nomenclature.
Portraits [ edit ]
Painting by J.H. Scheffel
Painting by Alexander Roslin
Cleaned up version of Alexander Roslin's painting
Carl Linnaeus dressed as a Laplander
Cover of Systema Naturae , 1st edition (1735).
Cover of Systema Naturae , 11th edition (1760/MDCCLX), printed in Germany.
Cover of Systema Naturae , 11th edition (1760/MDCCLX), printed in Germany.
The Animal Kingdom, from the first edition of Systema Naturae (1735).
Page of Systema Naturae (6th ed., 1748) relative to Quadrupedia .
Page 105 of Systema Naturae , 13th edition (1767), printed in Vienna.
Page 837 of Systema Naturae , 10th edition (1758), explaining the sexual system.
Cover of Species plantarum (1753).
Cover of Species plantarum (1753),
rotated and trimmed.
Drawing of Systema Sexuale
Drawing of Systema Sexuale (larger)
Cover of Inebriantia (1762)
Råshult in Småland, where he was born
Råshult, monument behind the building
Linnaeus's house in Uppsala
Linnaeus's botanic garden in Uppsala
The gravestone of Linné and his son in the cathedral of Uppsala
Linnaeus's country house at Hammarby
Monuments and sculptures [ edit ]
Statue at the Royal Academy of Art, London
Statue by Johan Niclas Byström in the Uppsala Botanical Garden, photographed while temporarily placed in Carolina Rediviva.
Miscellaneous [ edit ]