Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist. He is known as Linnaeus filius (abbreviated to L. f. as a botanical authority) to distinguish him from his famous father, the systematist Carolus Linnaeus. Portrait of Carolus Linnaeus the younger (1741–1783) by Jonas Forslund. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events April 10 – Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 – Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 – Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Elizabeth of Russia became czarina. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Carolus Linnaeus ~Carl Linnaeus~, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (   listen?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...

He was enrolled at the University of Uppsala at the age of nine and was taught science by his father's students, including Pehr Löfling, Daniel Solander and Johann Peter Falck. In 1763, aged just 22, he succeeded his father as the head of Practical Medicine at Uppsala. His promotion to professor — without taking exams or defending a thesis — caused resentment among his colleagues. Uppsala University Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... Pehr Löfling (January 31, 1729 - February 22, 1756) was a Swedish botanist. ... Daniel Carlsson Solander (February 19, 1733 – May 16, 1782) was a Swedish botanist. ... Johann Peter Falck (1732 - 1774) was a Swedish botanist. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Linnaeus' work was modest in comparison to that of his father. His best known work is the Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium of 1781, which contains botanical descriptions by the elder Linnaeus and his colleagues, edited and with additions by the son. 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He inherited his father's extensive scientific collections and correspondence and worked to preserve them. When he died childless on 1 November 1783 (of jaundice contracted on a visit to London) his mother sold the collections to the English botanist Sir James Edward Smith, who left them to the Linnean Society of London. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jaundice, technically known as icterus, is yellowing of the skin, sclera (the white of the eyes) and mucous membranes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... For the mayor of Toronto by this name please see James Edward Smith (Toronto). ... The Linnean Society of London is the worlds premier society for the study and dissemination about taxonomy. ...

External links

• Carl Linnaeus fil. Botanical History from the Swedish Museum of Natural History