Carolus Linnaeus: Pioneering the System of Modern Taxonomy
Words: 534 1337As the founder of modern taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1727) was a physician, zoologist, and botanist who transformed the way we understand and classify the natural world. His contributions go beyond biology, impacting the structure and categorization of knowledge in a wide range of fields. Most notably, Linnaeus is credited with creating the binomial nomenclature system, which he introduced in his 1735 work "Systema Naturae." Before this, plant and animal names were chaotic and inconsistent, so Linnaeus gave each species a […]