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Why was linnaeus famous?

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Carl Linnaeus is the person that came up with the classification system that is used to name plants and animals. He was also a botanist and a zoologist.

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He is famous for his classification and introduction of binomial nomenclature. He is called father of taxonomy for his contributions in this taxonomy field.

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Carl Linnaeus is the person that came up with the classification system that is used to name plants and animals. He was also a botanist and a zoologist.

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Carolus Linnaeus invented Taxonomy, the classification of living things.

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he devised the system of binomial taxonomy that is used to describe living organisms

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What is a famous quote from carl Linnaeus?

"If a tree dies, plant another in its place" ~Carl Linnaeus


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Linnaeus didn't have a famous experiment, he developed the current system of plant taxonomy. Do you perhaps mean Mendell and the pea experiments?


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Who discovered taxonomy?

Carolus (Carl) Linnaeus. Yep. Got this answer from: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Who+created+a+system+to+classify+organisms http://www.luc.edu/cse/programs/sepup/SALI/classify-organize-living-organisms.pdf


Is Linnaeus single?

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Linnaeus did not exactly discover anything. He is famous for categorising all forms of life and sorting everything out into species, etc. Refer to this web link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaean_taxonomy for full details.


What was Carlous Linnaeus famous for?

He was responsible for creating the first scientific living organism classification system that our current system is derived from


Who was Carolus Linnaeus's mother?

Melinda Linnaeus


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How many children does Linnaeus have?

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