CAROLUS LINNAEUS (KARL VON LINNE)
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Definitions of CAROLUS LINNAEUS (KARL VON LINNE)
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A celebrated Swedish naturalist; born at Rashult in Smaland, May 13, 1707; died at Upsala, Jan. 10, 1778. Among his writings are: "The System of Nature, or the Three Kingdoms of Nature Systematically Arranged" (7 vols., 1735); "Foundations of Botany" (1736); "Library of Botany" (1736); "Genera of Plants" (1737); "Classes of Plants" (1738); "Philosophy of Botany" (1751); "System of Plants" (1779).
By Charles Dudley Warner
