Taxonomy
by: Elainey Ramaekers
Taxonomy
Aristotle
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus was born May 23, 1707 and died January 10, 1778. He grew up in Smaland which was a poor region in in Southern Sweden. Carl enrolled at Lund University, after a year he switched to Uppsala University. He studied their for 1 year, then became a lecturer at Uppsala University at age 23 he was a rather good one and his lectures became popular. When he was 25 he traveled 1250 miles in Lapland, making observations of the native plants and birds. He also made geological notes. On his journey he discovered 100 new plants. He wrote a book called Floraś Lapponica, describing his new discoveries. He also started using a two-part naming system that became worldwide used to name living things. It also came to him that he could use his system to name animals as well as plants.http://www.famousscientists.org/carolus-linnaeus/