网页Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". [4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his ...