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WHO IS CAL LINEYS?


Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
He was one of the most influential scientists of his time. . Carl Linnaeus  was a Swedish botanist, naturalist, physician and zoologist. He was the first person to lay down the principles to determine the natural genera and species of organisms, and to form a uniform system for naming them (also known as binomial nomenclature). Linnaeus is considered to be the founding father of modern taxonomy as well as ecology.His theory of classification allowed for clear and easy descriptions of plants, animals and minerals.

It is still used by scientists today.


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