Carl Linnaeus
(1707–1778)

Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of Binomial nomenclature; known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.

In older publications sometimes the abbreviation "Linn." is used.[1]

This author page is for the elder Linnaeus. For his son, see Carolus Linnaeus the Younger.

Works

Linnaeus' corpus was written entirely in Latin and Swedish, but some works have been translated into English:

  • Systema Naturae (1735)
    • Institutions of Entomology (1773), trans. by T.P. Yeats (external scan)
    • The Animal Kingdom, or, Zoological System of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus (1792), trans. by Robert Kerr (external scan)
    • Elements of Natural History (1801), trans. by Charles Stewart (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
    • A General System of Nature, through the Three Grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals (1802), trans. by William Turton (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  • Genera Plantarum (1737)
  • Amoenitates Academicae (1749–1790), student dissertations edited by Linnaeus
    • Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick, Translated from the Latin, with Notes (1759) (external scan)
    • Select Dissertations from the Amoenitates Academiae, A Supplement to Mr. Stillingfleet's Tracts Relating to Natural History (1781), trans. by F.J. Brand (external scan)
  • Philosophia Botanica (1751)
    • The Elements of Botany (1775), trans. by Huge Rose (external scan)
    • An Introduction to Botany (1776; 1788; 1810), trans. by James Lee
  • Systema Vegetabilium (1774)
    • A System of Vegetables (1782), trans. by a botanical society at Lichfield, England, (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
    • A System of Vegetables (1783), trans. by Erasmus Darwin
  • Unpublished manuscripts and correspondence

Works about Linnaeus

Dedications

  • An Introduction to Botany (1776), trans. by James Lee

Footnotes

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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