Citations

Subject ID: 7333

Subject Name:	Linné, Carl von
Article Title:	Linnaea, linnaeanus, linnaei, linneanus
Publication Primary Author:	Backer, C. A.
Publication Date:	2000
Publisher:	L. J. Veen
Publisher City:	Amsterdam
Call Number:	L15 B126v000
Notes:	Linnaeus, Carl (after being knighted Carl von Linné); 1707-1778. Sweden, born Rashult nr. Stenbrohult, Smaland, died Hammarby nr. Upsala; studied Lund and Ups.; travelled 1731/32 Lapland. 1734 Dalecarnia; 1734 to the Netherlands, 1745 M.D. in Harderwijk, then to Boerhaave in Leiden; 1735 at expense of Gronovius and Lawson publ. "Systema Naturae"; assisted J. Burman with Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737); compiled 1736 cat. of over 1000 bot. works; "Bibliotheca Botanica"; 1735-38 guest of, and physician to Clifford; 1737 publ. "Hortus Cliffortianus", "Critica Botanica", and "Flora Lapponica"; 1736 for Cl's garden to England; 1738 to Paris, Corr. Member Acad. des Sci.; 1738 to Sweden, physician in 1747 Royal court-physician; many more publ., a.o. "Flora Zeylanica", 1747; "Philosphia Botanica", 1751; "Species Plantarum", 1753; suffered a stroke, 1774; recovered but his health declined afterwards; last years at his country-seat Hammarby; his widow sold his berb. clandestinely to Engl. (now at Linn. Soc. London).