Carl Linnaeus
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| + | "It is not pleasing to me that I must place [[human]]s among the [[primate]]s, but man is intimately familiar with himself. Let's not quibble over words. It will be the same to me whatever name is applied. But I desperately seek from you and from the whole world a general difference between men and [[simian]]s from the principles of Natural History. I certainly know of none. If only someone might tell me one! If I called man a simian or vice versa I would bring together all the theologians against me. Perhaps I ought to, in accordance with the law of Natural History."--[[Carl Linnaeus]] in a letter to [[Johann Georg Gmelin]] dated 25 February 1747 | ||
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| '''Carolus Linnaeus''', also known after his [[Swedish nobility|ennoblement]] as, ([[May 23]], [[1707]] – [[January 10]], [[1778]]), was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[botanist]], [[physician]] and [[zoologist]] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of [[nomenclature]]. He is known as the "[[List of people known as father or mother of something|father]] of modern [[alpha taxonomy|taxonomy]]." He is also considered one of the fathers of modern [[ecology]]. | '''Carolus Linnaeus''', also known after his [[Swedish nobility|ennoblement]] as, ([[May 23]], [[1707]] – [[January 10]], [[1778]]), was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[botanist]], [[physician]] and [[zoologist]] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of [[nomenclature]]. He is known as the "[[List of people known as father or mother of something|father]] of modern [[alpha taxonomy|taxonomy]]." He is also considered one of the fathers of modern [[ecology]]. | ||
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"It is not pleasing to me that I must place humans among the primates, but man is intimately familiar with himself. Let's not quibble over words. It will be the same to me whatever name is applied. But I desperately seek from you and from the whole world a general difference between men and simians from the principles of Natural History. I certainly know of none. If only someone might tell me one! If I called man a simian or vice versa I would bring together all the theologians against me. Perhaps I ought to, in accordance with the law of Natural History."--Carl Linnaeus in a letter to Johann Georg Gmelin dated 25 February 1747 |
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Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy." He is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
The grotesque
There is a link to the grotesque via botany, and in taxonomy and problems of classification and hybridity. See als John Ray.
