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Carl Linnaeus (23 May – 10 January ), also known as Carolus Linnaeus, was a Swedishbotanist, physician and zoologist who created the binomial nomenclature.^[1] In this system, every kind of animal and plant is given a name consisting of two Latin words, for its genus and species.^[2] This became used by biologists all over the world, so he is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".

He was a good linguist, and famous in his time. He was made a noble by the Swedish king.

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Biography

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Early life

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Carl was born in Småland in southern Sweden. He was going to be a priest like his father, but did not do well enough in school.

Instead, Carl studied at a college for botany because he liked it. He studied in Lund and tried to improve the garden there.

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He later went to another college.

Travels and research

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In , Linnaeus moved to the Netherlands for three years. There, he