| Authorised form of name | Linnaeus; Carl (1707 - 1778); naturalist |
| Other forms of name | Carolus |
| Carl Von |
| Charles |
| Other forms of surname | Linaeus |
| Linne |
| Von Linne |
| Dates | 1707 - 1778 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Place of birth | Sodra, Rashult, Smaland, Sweden |
| Date of birth | 23 or 24 May 1707 |
| Place of death | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Date of death | 10 January 1778 |
| Occupation | Physician, naturalist |
| Research field | Botany |
| Zoology |
| Geology |
| Taxonomy |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
MD
Career:
Physician to the king of Sweden (by 1753); Professor of Physic and Botany, University of Uppsala (by 1753)
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/05/1753 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Visited the Royal Society in August 1736 at the invitation of Cromwell Mortimer, RS Secretary, to view the herbarium of Sir Hans Sloane then in The Repository in the Society's headquarters on Crane Court, London |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB
References:
William T Stearn, 'The Wilkins Lecture, 1985. John Wilkins, John Ray and Carl Linnaeus' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 101-123
Roy A Rauschenberg, 'John Ellis, FRS: Eighteenth Century Naturalist and Royal Agent to West Florida' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 149-164
John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate
C Broad, 'The Linnaeus Link Project' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 201-203
E. Charles Nelson, 'Linnaeus in England, Summer 1736' in The Linnean, April 2021, Vol 37(1) pp 31-34
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 23 May 1707 |
| Royal Society code | NA8066 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| S/0064 | Cameo of Linnaeus, Carl | late 18th century |
| IM/002766 | Linnaeus, Carolus | 1995 |
| IM/002765 | Linnaeus, Carolus | nd |
| L&P/2/494 | Letter, 'Thanks for election' from Carl Linnaeus to the Royal Society | 10 April 1754 |
| L&P/3/239 | Letter, 'Extract of a letter' from Carolus Linnaeus to Thomas Pennant | 22 February 1757 |
| CLP/22ii/75 | Paper, Account of Carl Linnaeus' 'Systema Naturae' by Thomas Stack | [1738] |
| EC/1753/02 | Linnaeus, Carl: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/5/203a | Letter, 'The figure and character of that elegant American evergreen called by the gardeners the Loblolly Bay' from John Elllis to Carl Linnaeus | 1770 |