BIOLOGIST

Carl Linnaeus the Younger

1741 - 1783

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Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre (Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y.), or Linnaeus filius (Latin for Linnaeus the son; abbreviated L.fil. (outdated) or L.f. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Linnaeus the Younger has received more than 124,568 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Carl Linnaeus the Younger is the 150th most popular biologist (up from 184th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 221st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Biologist.

Carl Linnaeus the Younger is most famous for being the son of Carl Linnaeus the Elder, a Swedish botanist and physician. The younger Linnaeus was also a botanist and physician, and he is most famous for his contributions to the study of fungi.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 150 out of 1,097. Before him are William Bateson, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Walther Flemming, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, and Coenraad Jacob Temminck. After him are Julius Richard Petri, Adolf Engler, Martin Evans, George Davis Snell, Leland H. Hartwell, and Norman Borlaug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 15. Before him are Benedict Arnold, Jean-Antoine Houdon, André Grétry, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Emperor Momozono, and Nicolas Chamfort. After him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Aagje Deken, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, and Johann Gottlieb Naumann. Among people deceased in 1783, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 6. Before him are Leonhard Euler, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Étienne Bézout, Johann Adolph Hasse, and Grigory Orlov. After him are Yosa Buson, Antonio Soler, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Kirnberger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Benedict Joseph Labre.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 168 out of 1,879. Before him are Ellen Key (1849), John Bauer (1882), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Eric X of Sweden (1180), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), and Claes Oldenburg (1929). After him are Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Eric XII of Sweden (1339), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Maud Adams (1945), and Sten Sture the Elder (1440).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 7. Before him are Carl Linnaeus (1707), Hugo Theorell (1903), Svante Pääbo (1955), Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Tomas Lindahl (1938), and Carl Peter Thunberg (1743). After him are Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Erik Acharius (1757), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Adam Afzelius (1750), Anders Sparrman (1748), and Daniel Solander (1733).

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