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Linnaeus was a Swedish scientist that lived from 1707 to 1778. He devised a system still used today for classifying plants and animals on the basis of similarities in internal structures. He is often called the father of modern botany.

Linnaeus is also known for popularizing binomial system of plant nomenclature.

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Carl Linnaeus, born in Sweden in 1707, is considered one of the fathers of modern ecology and modern taxonomy. He has been called the Prince of Botanists.

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