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For better and worse, two 18th-century scientists shaped how we see nature
In multiple areas of life, art and thought ... of this rage for order were “Systema Naturae,” by the Swede Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), and the “Histoire Naturelle, Génerale et Particuliere ...
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Linnaeus and Hortus Cliffortianus
In 1736, on a visit to the house of the botanist Johannes Burman (1706-1779), Clifford was introduced to an up-and-coming young Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, who was living and working there.
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The Linnaean collection
The Museum's Linnaean collection comprises approximately 12,000 items, with publication dates spanning over 300 years. Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) was a Swedish naturalist who became known as the father ...
Every Living Thing’ Review: Before Darwin, Linnaeus and Others
Mr. Roberts structures his story as a double biography of Buffon and his Swedish rival, Carl Linnaeus. Born in the same year, ...