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Charles Linné
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Lithograph after a painting by Alexander Roslin (1775), of Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist and is considered the father of modern taxonomy and one of the fathers of modern ecology. In 1737 Linnaeus published Critica Botanica the beginnings of a standarized nomenclature for plants.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineCharles Linné. Linne, Charles. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.