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Order From Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes
URL: http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Exhibitions/OrderFromChaos/OFC-Pages/intro.shtml

Description:
"Carolus Linnaeus (also Carl von Linné, 1707–1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist whose work laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature." This online exhibition provides annotated images about pre-Linnaean botany, Linnaeus' scientific accomplishments, and Linnaean impacts. Also includes a bibliography and links to related sites. From the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University.

Publisher:
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Extra Keywords
notablenaturalists Linne

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Biology -- Classification -- History
Botany
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Naturalists -- Sweden
People

LII Database Information:
Record 5441 created by Pat Fell on 09/04/2004
Last modification on 09/30/2007
Published: 09/04/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5441