BIOLOGIST

Carl Linnaeus the Younger

1741 - 1783

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Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre (Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y.), or Linnaeus filius (Latin for Linnaeus the son; abbreviated L.fil. (outdated) or L.f. (modern) as a botanical authority; 20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Linnaeus the Younger is the 193rd most popular biologist (down from 150th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 168th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Biologist.

Carl Linnaeus the Younger is most famous for being the son of Carl Linnaeus the Elder, a Swedish botanist and physician. The younger Linnaeus was also a botanist and physician, and he is most famous for his contributions to the study of fungi.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 193 out of 1,097. Before him are Martinus Beijerinck, Anna Atkins, Julius Richard Petri, Julian Huxley, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Alexander Georg von Bunge. After him are Bruce Beutler, Jack Horner, Walther Flemming, Michel Adanson, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, and Hermann Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 15. Before him are Benedict Arnold, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Andrea Luchesi, Nicolas Chamfort, and Jean-Antoine Houdon. After him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, and Ivan Gudovich. Among people deceased in 1783, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 8. Before him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Capability Brown, Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, Yosa Buson, and Antonio Soler. After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Grigory Orlov, Johann Kirnberger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Jakob Bodmer, and Benedict Joseph Labre.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 175 out of 1,879. Before him are Stefan Löfven (1957), Karin Månsdotter (1550), Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Tage Erlander (1901), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), and Roy Andersson (1943). After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), John Bauer (1882), Emund the Old (1030), Georg Brandt (1694), Thomas Bartholin (1616), and Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Carl Linnaeus the Younger ranks 8. Before him are Tomas Lindahl (1938), Hugo Theorell (1903), Svante Pääbo (1955), Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), and Adam Afzelius (1750). After him are Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Anders Sparrman (1748), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Erik Acharius (1757), and Carl Alexander Clerck (1710).

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