Carolus Linnaeus (ihe Latinized form of the name Karl von 

 Linne) was born in 1707 and died in 1778. He was a celebrated 

 Swedish botanist and naturalist. 



Linnaeus went to the University of Upsala in 1728, attracted 

 by the fame of Rudbeck, the Professor of Botany, whose assistant 

 he became. 



In 1732 he explored Lapland. Later, while studying in Holland, 

 he wrote works on botany which attracted wide attention. In 

 1741 he became Professor of Botany at Upsala, whither his fame 

 attracted students from many foreign countries. Linnaeus' sys- 

 tem of plant classification greatly promoted the study of botany 

 in his day. 



