Person Linnaeus; Carl (1707 - 1778); naturalist Linnaeus Carl naturalist Carolus Carl Von Charles Linaeus Linne Von Linne 1707 - 1778 Swedish Male Sodra, Rashult, Smaland, Sweden 23 or 24 May 1707 Uppsala, Sweden 10 January 1778

Physician, naturalist Botany Zoology Geology Taxonomy Medicine Education: MD Career: Physician to the king of Sweden (by 1753); Professor of Physic and Botany, University of Uppsala (by 1753) Fellow 03/05/1753 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: 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 23 or 24 May 1707 - 10 Jan 1778 NA8066 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ea204d40-06b7-4f80-a754-85522a72f6f4