Monochrome portrait of Carl Linnaeus, Carolus Linnæus [1707-1778], the father of modern taxonomy & binomial nomenclature. See Notes.
The impact which the 18th century Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus [1707-1778] had on the natural world is immense. His claim to fame comes from his establishing a 'binomial nomenclature' for every single living critter or weed living on earth. Prior to this the name of a living thing could be described with a name with half a dozen words. Linnaeus simplified it to just TWO [ie. Homo sapiens], with allowances for subspecies & variants. His system took a few years to be accepted, but once the benefits of his system of nomenclature became obvious the scientific community adapted it. To this day it remains the bedrock of identifying natural Technical notes: taken from an 19th century botany book with foxed [yellowed] pages. Saturation in orange and yellow channels has been reduced but not eliminated, and levels pushed to get a better white background, although paper pulp patina still remains. Ink imperfections removed. From 1872 Edition of William Rhind's 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom,'
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