Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ({{Audio|sv-Carl_von_Linné.ogg|listen}}), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. He is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology (see History of ecology).

External links

• Linnaeus Botanical Garden
• Biography at the Department of Systematic Botany, University of Uppsala
• Biography at The Linnean Society of London
• Biography at the University of California Museum of Paleontology
• List of several Beetle species discovered by Carolus Linnaeus