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Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), a Swedish physician, naturalist, and scientist, worked in the field of systematic biology. In the 18th century, he developed and applied the binomial nomenclature system, which is used to classify living organisms. He is best known for his work Systema Naturae, in which he divided plant, animal, and mineral species into hierarchical categories. His work Species Plantarum is considered the starting point of modern plant taxonomy. Youth and Education Carl Linnaeus was bo