2006-11-26 18:24:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He came up with many of the names we use for scientifically naming things, and his system is still used today -- although it has seen some changes.
2006-11-26 18:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by Madame M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophical and theological roots of his work.
2006-11-27 02:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Aschwin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Linnaeus invented the system of biological classification that we use today. He is the inventor of both the convention of using two names (often in Latin or Greek, or in words treated to look like either Latin or Greek) and more significantly hierarchy of biological organization,
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species.
His classifications have been amended in the centuries since his death, but the idea and the structure of them - the idea of using observed qualities, and the structure of a branching tree of increasing specificity - have remained.
2006-11-27 02:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by umlando 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋