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Carl Linnaeus (1707-88), father of modern taxonomy, was one of the most important scientists of the eighteenth century. This biography was written by Richard Pulteney (1730-1801), a physician and botanist who greatly admired Linnaeus' methods and aimed to promote them in England. The first edition was published in 1781 and contains a thorough account of the major works of Linnaeus and his unpublished papers. As well as details of his academic career, the work also gives insights into Linnaeus' character and personal life. The second edition, reissued here, was edited by William George Maton (1774-1835), a physician and member of the Linnean Society, and published in 1805. It contains in addition a memoir of Pulteney and a translation of a Swedish life of Linnaeus based on his own notes. The book is a rich source of information on a central figure in the history of botany.
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This biography of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) was originally published in 1903 by another Swedish botanist, Theodor Magnus Fries (1832-1913). This English version, published in 1923, was translated and edited by British botanist Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927). Jackson is best known for founding (with J. D. Hooker) the Index Kewensis, the register of all botanical names of seed plants; he also acted as Secretary of the Linnean Society for twenty-two years, becoming its General Secretary in 1902. This biography covers the early life of Linnaeus (including some family history), his student years at Uppsala, his travels, his years as a teacher, notes on his personality and his relationship with the wider scientific community. Jackson provides further information in the appendices, enhancing Fries' work with Linnaeus' genealogy, a list of his pupils, his private notes on 'Divine Punishment' and a brief history of Sweden during Linnaeus' lifetime.
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Linné, carl von (1707-1778) --- Biographies --- Linné, carl von (1707-1778) --- Biographies
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Botanists --- Science and state --- Naturalists --- Botanists --- Banks, Joseph, - Sir, - 1743-1820 --- Linné, Carl von, - 1707-1778 --- Great Britain
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Taxonomists --- Linne, Carl von, --- HIS History & Biographies --- biography --- coloured photographs --- naturalists --- plates --- Linné, Carl von, --- Taxonomists - Sweden - Biography --- Linné, Carl von, - 1707-1778
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Biology --- Biologie --- History --- Histoire --- Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, --- Linné, Carl von, --- Linné, Carl von, --- Biologie - Histoire - 18e siècle --- Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, - comte de, - 1707-1788 --- Linné, Carl von, - 1707-1778
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