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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 (outdated) or L.f. Read more on Wikipedia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 114,030 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Carl Linnaeus the Younger is the 185th most popular biologist (down from 92nd in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 136th 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 185 out of 841. Before him are Rudolf Vrba, George Wald, Joseph Banks, Ana Aslan, George Smith, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Charles Bell, Friedrich Parrot, Henry Walter Bates, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Humberto Maturana, and Salim Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 16. Before him are Jean-Antoine Houdon, Nicolas Chamfort, André Grétry, Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, and Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Augustin Barruel, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, and José Cadalso. Among people deceased in 1783, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 8. Before him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Grigory Orlov, Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, Antonio Soler, and Yosa Buson. After him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Benedict Joseph Labre, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Jakob Bodmer, and Johann Kirnberger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 222 out of 1,612. Before him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592), Lena Olin (1955), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden (1116), and Ingemar Johansson (1932). After him are Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Håkan Nesser (1950), John Ericsson (1803), and Henrik Larsson (1971).

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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), Tomas Lindahl (1938), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Elias Magnus Fries (1794), and Olaus Rudbeck (1630). After him are Adam Afzelius (1750), Erik Acharius (1757), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Anders Sparrman (1748), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), and Pehr Kalm (1716).

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