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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 Linnjeus, who among all the 
learned men of Sweden had rendered himself most deserving in the 
learned world. At the instance of Count Tessin, Linn^us like- 
wise obtained the title or Archiater , or Dean of the College of Phy- 
sicians, on the 19th of January 1747. 
His father, — who in his youth, had designed Linnaeus 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 Linnaeus 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 tormentj but 
afterwards the delight and boast of his life. 
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