Carolus Linnaeus (jan 1, 1707 – jan 1, 1778)
Description:
Carolus Linnaeus(1707-1778): His main contributions were his classification system called taxonomy which lead him to create a universal naming system called binomial nomenclature. Linnaeus also believed that species should be arranged according to how similar they are to one another, and not by how similar they are to us.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1707
jan 1, 1778
~ 71 years