It discuss about life history of CARL LINNAEUS - Carl von Linné. It also explains about his education, work, contribution, 7 levels of the classification system, publications, Medals and quotes.

1. CARL LINNAEUS - CARL VON LINNÉ
DR. C. BEULAH JAYARANI
M.Sc., M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil (Edn), M.Phil (ZOO), NET, Ph.D (Edn)
ASST. PROFESSOR,
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3. KNOWN FOR..?
Swedish botanist and zoologist,
“FATER OF TAXONOMY”
Swedish botanist, zoologist,
taxonomist, and physician who
formalized binomial nomenclature, the
modern system of naming organisms.
He is known as the "father of modern
taxonomy".
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4. EDUCATION
 In 1716-1727, Linnaeus studied in city
VAXJO.
 Poor in – Theology and ancient languages
 Interested in – Botany & Maths
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5. SUCCESS
 In 1727, Linnaeus passed the exams and
was accepted to the “LUND
UNIVERSITY”
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6. WORK
In August 1728, he was transferred
into the University of Uppasala
He was actively engaged in
minerology
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8. CONTRIBUTIONS
The Linnaean System Of Classification
In mid 1700s, he developed a 7- level
classification system based on similarities
between organisms
All organisms were classified as animals or
plants
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9. 7 LEVELS OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Kingdom
Phylum / division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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10. EXAMPLE
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11. PUBLICATIONS
He published “ SPECIES PLANTARUM”
in 1753 upon which he classified about
5900 species of plants.
He published “ SYSTEMA NATURAE” in 1758
which contains classification of 4200 species of
animals.
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12. LINNAEUS DISCOVERY…
Swedish naturalist and explorer
Carolus Linnaeus was the first
to frame principles for defining
natural genera and species of
organisms and to create a
uniform system for naming them,
known as binomial nomenclature
Linnaeus introduced BINOMIAL
NOMENCLATURE in 1758
In a binomial name, the first name is
called generic name or genus name.
The second word is called the specific
name or species name
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13. “ If a tree dies,
plant another in its place”
A quote showing his
love for plants is:
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15. HONORARY
MEDAL OF LINNAEUS HONORARY
SCIENTIFIC AWARD, WHICH IS PRESENTED
ANNUALLY TO AN OUTSTANDING
BOTANIST OR A ZOOLOGIST
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16. END
 DATE OF DEATH : JANUARY 10,1778
 PLACE OF DEATH: UPPSALA
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17. REFERENCES
 TN TEXT BOOK
 NCERT READER
 DISCOVERY
 WIKIPEDIA
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