LINNyEUS PROFESSOR AT UPSAL. 169 



was then the only man who bore this title in Sweden. He having saved 

 the life of so great a prince deserved great favours. In this case the 

 court could not overlook his colleague Linnaeus, who among all the 

 learned men of Sweden had rendered himself most deserving in the 

 learned world. At the instance of Count Tessin, LiNNiEus like- 

 wise obtained the tide or Archiater, or Dean of the College of Phy- 

 sicians, on the 19th of January 1747. 



His father, — who in his youth, had designed Linn.^:us for an ap- 

 prentice to a shoemaker ! — now saw his son thus honoured by the great 

 men of the kingdom, raised to dignities, his fame spread all over Europe^ 

 and his name rendered immortal. The father of LinnjEUs. died at 

 Stenbrohult, May 12, 1748, aged 74. Long ago would his memory 

 have perished but for his great son, who was at first the torment, but 

 afterwards the delight and boast of his life. 



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