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Linnaeus, Carolus
Subject ID: 7333
| Last Name: | Linnaeus |
|---|---|
| First Name: | Carolus |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1707 |
| Birth Place: | Rashult, Sweden |
| Death Date: | 10 January 1778 |
| Death Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Gender: | male |
| Other Holdings: | Oral History Collection; Strandell Collection |
| Notes: | HIBD gives birth date as 23 May, but no source is cited. According to Barnhart:DOB given variously as 12, 13, 23, 24, or 25 Mai. Linnaeus himself celebrated 24 Mai - see his Auct. Bot 9. For discussion of date see Bonplandia 7:1, 2, where date 13/24 Mai is claimed correct. It may have been the preceding day, 12/23 Mai. Photos of Linnaeus’ home, Hammerby Estate, located in oversize file cabinet, bottom drawer. Tape of Linnaean Symposium with meeting and lectures in OH/SM cabinet. |
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Alternate Names
- Linnaeus, Carl
- Linnaeus, Carl von
- Linnaeus, Carolus
- Linné, Carl von
Specialties
Author, Botany, Medicine, Naturalism, Taxonomy