Linnaeus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Linnaeus \Linnaeus\ (l[i^]*n[=e]"[u^]s) n.
     Carolus Linnaeus, also called {Karl von Linn['e]}. Born at
     R[*a]shult, Sm[*a]land, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala,
     Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778. A celebrated Swedish botanist and
     naturalist, founder of the {Linnean system} in botany. He
     made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands


     1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany)
     at Upsala in 1741. Among his works are "Systema natur[ae]"
     (1735), "Fundamenta botanica" (1736), "Genera plantarum"
     (1737), "Flora lapponica" (1737), "Philosophia botanica"
     (1751), and "Species plantarum" (1753).
     [Century Dict. 1906]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Linnaeus
       n : Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of
           biological nomenclature (1707-1778) [syn: {Carolus
           Linnaeus}, {Carl von Linne}, {Karl Linne}]