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| lastname = Linnaeus<br />
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| birthyear = 1707<br />
| deathyear = 1778<br />
| description = "Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of Binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology"{{wikipediaref|Carl Linnaeus}}<br />
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This author page is for the elder Linnaeus. For his son, see [[Author:Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|Carolus Linnaeus the Younger]].<br />
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==Works==<br />
Linnaeus' corpus was written entirely in Latin and Swedish, but some works have been translated into English:<br />
* ''[[An introduction to botany, containing an explanation of the theory of that science, extracted from the works of Dr. Linnaeus]]'' (1776, by [[Author:James Lee|James Lee]]){{1/4}}<br />
* [[Author:Erasmus Darwin|Darwin, Erasmus]] (1783), ''[[A System of Vegetables]]''<br />
*:—translation of Linnaeus' ''Systema Vegetabilium'' (13th edition)<br />
* Darwin, Erasmus (1787) ''[[The Families of Plants]]''<br />
*:—translation of Linnaeus' ''Genera Plantarum'' (last edition)<br />
* ''[[Lachesis Lapponica, or a tour in Lapland, now first published from the original manuscript journal of the celebrated Linnaeus]] (1811, translated by [[Author:James Edward Smith|James Edward Smith]])<br />
* ''[[A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus and other naturalists from the original manuscripts]]'' (1821, two volumes, translated by [[Author:James Edward Smith|James Edward Smith]])<br />
* ''Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica'' (2005, translated by Stephen Freer, translation currently under copyright)<br />
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==Works about Linnaeus==<br />
* [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] article in ''Encylcopædia Britannica''<br />
* ''[[The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus]]'' (1794, original Swedish work by [[Author:D. H. Stoever|D. H. Stoever]]; translated into English by [[Author:Joseph Trapp|Joseph Trapp]])<br />
* ''[[A general view of the writings of Linnaeus]]'' (1805, by [[Author:Richard Pulteney|Richard Pulteney]], including a translation of Linnaeus' diaries)<br />
*''[[Little journeys to homes of great scientists/Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]'', in the 1905 [[Little journeys to homes of great scientists ]][http://www.archive.org/details/littlejourneysto02hubb]<br />
*''[[Biographies of Scientific Men/Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]'', in the 1912 [[Biographies of Scientific Men]][http://www.archive.org/details/biographiesofsci00grifrich]<br />
* [[Author:Arthur Oncken Lovejoy|Lovejoy, Arthur O.]] "[[The Place of Linnaeus in the History of Science]]" in ''[[Popular Science|The Popular Science Monthly]]'', Vol. 71 (1907): 498-508.<br />
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