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Linn� Herbarium, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, preserves some of Linnaeus's original plant specimens. The Museum also has an excellent, detailed biography of Linnaeus. You can also view Linnaeus's botanical garden and Linnaeus's manor home and garden at Hamarby, courtesy of Uppsala University, Linnaeus's alma mater. Uppsala University also maintains Linn� On Line, a rich source of information on Linnaeus and his times (for those who can read Swedish). 

Founded a few years after Linnaeus's death, the Linnaean Society of London is still going strong as an international society for the study of natural history. The Society preserves the bulk of Linnaeus's surviving collections, manuscripts, and library. The Strandell Collection of Linneana, at Carnegie-Mellon University, and the Mackenzie Linneana collection at Kansas State University, are major American collections of writings by and about Linnaeus and his associates. The Linnaeus Link at the British Natural History Museum, aims to make available electronic versions of Linnaeus's writings and documents.

Linnaeus, Carolus  
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. Frangsmyr et al., ed., Linnaeus (1983); J. Weinstock, Contemporary Perspectives on Linneaus (1985).

 LINNAEUS, CAROLUS [Linnaeus, Carolus] , 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals. He studied botany and medicine and taught both at Uppsala. In Systema naturae (1735) he presented his classification of plants, animals, and minerals, and in Genera plantarum (1737) he explained his system for classifying plants largely on the basis of the number of stamens and pistils in the flower. Despite the artificiality of some of his premises, the Linnaean system has remained the basis of modern taxonomy. Species plantarum (2 vol., 1753) described plants in terms of genera and species, and the 10th edition (1758) of Systema naturae applied this system to animals as well, classifying 4,400 species of animals and 7,700 species of plants. These two works are therefore considered the basis of binomial nomenclature, although the early herbalists had used a binomial system before Linnaeus. Among his more than 180 works were several books on the flora of Lapland and Sweden and the Genera morborum (1763), a classification of diseases. After Linnaeus' death his priceless botanical collection was removed to England (see herbarium ). Linnaeus was also known as Karl (or Carl) Linn� (of which Carolus Linnaeus is a Latinized version); when he was ennobled in 1761 he formally adopted the name Karl von Linn�. 

reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus#Other_accomplishments

Notes and references ^ a b Stafleu, F.A. (1976-1998) Taxonomic Literature second edition. An authoritative work on the names of botanists, their works and publication data, issued under the auspices of the IAPT. ^ (Swedish) Lind on Den virtuella floran, by The Swedish Museum of Natural History, accessed on 14 May 2006 ^ Stearn, W.T. (1992), Botanical Latin, fourth edition: p. 283-284, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. ISBN 0-88192-321-4. ^ W.T. Stearn, (1957), An introduction to the Species Plantarum and cognate botanical works of Carl Linnaeus, Principal events in the life of Linnaeus; in: Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, A Facsimile of the first edition 1753, Volume I: 14, Ray Society, London.

External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carolus LinnaeusCarl von Linne Carl von Linne (1707 - 1778) 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 Exhibition: "Order from Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes" The Linnaean Correspondence Carl Linnaeus - The World's First Round Cultured Pearls

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT:

Signature of Carolus Linnaeus (Carl v. Linn�). Carolus Linnaeus pictured on the Swedish 100 kronor bank note.Linnaeus is considered one of the finest writers of Swedish prose. His travel journals contain pithy notes on everything of interest he encountered, not just plants. He didn't just write from personal interest, but as a reporter to the enlightened scientific and political public. His journey to sub-Arctic Lapland is notable for exotic and adventurous episodes. He also composed some down-to-earth sex-instruction lectures published as "Om s�ttet att tillhopa g�" [How to go together].

Linnaeus' original botanical garden may still be seen in Uppsala. He originated the practice of using the ? - (shield and arrow) Mars and ? - (hand mirror) Venus glyphs as the symbol for male and female. His picture can be found on the current Swedish 100 kronor bank notes [2]. Linnaeus was one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Linnaeus is the only botanist currently referred to by a single initial: L. (Previously, the abbreviation assigned was Linn.) In botany, the scientific authority for a botanical name is listed immediately after the name. For example, Cocos nucifera L. is the complete scientific name for the coconut, with the "L." referring to Carolus Linnaeus. Linnaeus was said to be a man of great social skills. Erik Axel Karlfeldt's words "han talte med b�nder p� b�nders vis, och med l�rde m�n p� latin" [he talked to peasants as peasants do, and to learned men in Latin] give a good characterization of his manner. He was one of the pioneers in the field of chronobiology, and created the "Petal Time Clock". His findings found that different species of flowers open at different times everyday. For example, he discovered that the hawksbeard plant, opened its flowers at 6:30 am, whereas another species, the hawkbit, did not open its flowers until 7 am. After much research into this, he soon concluded that one could tell the time of day simply by watching the flowers in their garden.