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Carolus Linnaeus was knighted for developing a systematic and scientific method of naming organisms which is still in practice. He chose a Latin name for each organisms. The name was consisted of two parts, first part represented the Genus of organism and second part represented Species of organisms.

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Carl Linnaeus was knighted for his contributions to science. Linnaeus is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and was knighted in 1753.

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He classify and give name of the plants and animals.He used Latin words to avoid confussion.And as his example, he convert his name and it became carolous linneaus

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