Carl Linnaeus was a pioneer, and a genius in many different fields. Many of his ideas and discoveries have inspired and continue to inspire leading researchers right up to today.
He showed in the classification system Systema Naturae how nature is divide into three kingdoms: plants, animals and minerals. His system of giving Latin names allowed him to creat rules for the naming of species in nature. humans, for example, are named Homo sapiens for the first time in Linnaeus’ system, and they are included with apes in the class Mammalia,mammals.
Linnaeus was irrepressibly curious, and his drive to categorize, organize and name nature dominated a complete era of scientific history-the Linnaean era. But he was not only a scientist, botanist, zoologist, and geologist. He was also a skilled teacher. health expert, and philosopher.
In summary, Linnaeus was one of the few Swedish superstarts, famous throughout the world.
Linnaeus has been called the “king of flowers” and statues have been raised of him. His photograph is on the Swedish 100 Krona note, and many places have been named after Linnaeus, one of them on the moon.
