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Known for
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Developing binomial nomenclature, the two-part naming system used to classify animals and plants by genus and species
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Career
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1730 Accepted a position as lecturer in botany at the University of Uppsala
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1732 Traveled to Saamiland to study its plants and animals
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1735 Moved to the Netherlands to obtain his medical degree at the University of Harderwijk
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1735 Published Systema Naturae, in which he proposed a classification system for flowering plants
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1741 Became professor of medicine at the University of Uppsala
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1742 Changed career, to become professor of botany at Uppsala, a position he retained until his death in 1778
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1753 Published Species Plantarum, in which he presented his binomial classification system for plants and animals
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Did You Know
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The classification system introduced by Linnaeus is still in use today.
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Linnaeus believed that species did not change over time, but modern scientists use his classification system to indicate evolutionary relationships.
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Humans are classified as genus and species Homo sapiens.
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