Variant translation: "I saw the infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy. I followed his footsteps ov… - Carl Linnaeus

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Variant translation: "I saw the infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy. I followed his footsteps over nature's fields and saw everywhere an eternal wisdom and power, an inscrutable perfection." (As quoted in History of Science, by Peter Whitfield (2003), Scholastic Library Pub, p. 23.)

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About Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May, 1707– 10 January, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.

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Native Name: Carolus Linnaeus
Alternative Names: Carl Nilsson Linnæus Carl von Linné Carolus a Linné Carolus Linnæus Linnaeus Linn. Linnæus Carl Linnæus Linné Carl von Linne Carolus a Linne Linne Caroli Linnæi L. Carl von Linnaeus Carolo Linnaeo Carolo Linnæo Karl von Linné Carl Nilsson Linnaeus
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