Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linne (), was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalised the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as (after 1761 Carolus a Linne).

Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Smaland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University, and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published a first edition of his " in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden, where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, and published several volumes. At the time of his death, he was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe.

The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on earth." The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist". Among other compliments, Linnaeus has been called " (Prince of Botanists), "The Pliny of the North," and "The Second Adam". He is also considered as one of the founders of modern ecology.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Carl Linnaeus
2. 23 May 1707 10 January 1778
3. botanist, physician, and zoologist,
4. father of modern taxonomy
5. Carolus a Linne
6. modern system of naming organisms
7. binomial nomenclature
8. Sweden
9. Smaland, in southern Sweden
10. Uppsala University,
11. Yes
12. Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist
13. Yes
14. between 1735 and 1738
15. Netherlands
16. 1730

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1. Who is this about?
2. When did he live?
3. What was his occupation?
4. What has he been called?
5. What else?
6. He formalize what?
7. which is called what?
8. Where is he from?
9. What part?
10. Where did he study?
11. Did he teach there also?
12. What did Strindberg say of him?
13. Was he well known when he died?
14. When did he live abroad?
15. Where did he publish his first edition?
16. When did he start giving lectures?