IndexEarly LifeContributions to ScienceFaithScience Supported by the ScripturesEarly LifeCarolus Linnaeus was born to Christina Brodersonia and Nils Linnaeus, a church minister and botanist. Linnaeus was born in Rashult, Sweden, on May 23, 1707. Growing up, Linnaeus was educated in the subjects of Latin, religion, and botany. Linnaeus's interest in botany flourished as he spent much of his time in his father's garden. When it came time for Linnaeus to start school, at the age of ten, he was described as a mediocre student. Many of his teachers believed he was dull and incapable of going to college. John Rothman, a doctor and one of Linnaeus' teachers, believed that Linnaeus was very intelligent. And that Linnaeus was not dull, but rather uninterested in the conventional arguments of the time. Consequently he asked to tutor Linnaeus in the field of medicine. Rothman taught Linnaeus anatomy, physiology and botany. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Linnaeus began his university studies at Lund University at the age of 21, and later moved to Uppsala University in 1728 in the hope of taking better courses. Unfortunately, this move did not offer Linnaeus what he wanted. Uppsala University lacked expert teachers in the field of botany. Olof Celsius, theologian, naturalist and uncle of Anders Celsius, the inventor of the Celsius thermometer, began to notice Linnaeus's deep interest in and knowledge of plants. Olof Rudbeck the Younger, a professor, was very impressed by an essay written by the young Linnaeus, so much so that he asked Linnaeus to become a professor. Linnaeus began teaching botany in 1730, at the age of 23. Contributions to ScienceCarolus Linnaeus traveled on expeditions to Lapland, Finland, and other parts of Sweden in the years 1732 to 1735. In the first year of his expedition, Linnaeus encountered over a 100 new plants. He also wrote a book called Flora Lapponica. It was around this time that Linnaeus began to use his new binomial system to describe the plants he had found, and it would later be used for animals as well. During his expeditions, Linnaeus was still a student, until he graduated from the University of Harderwijk in the Netherlands. It was at this university that Linnaeus received his medical degree for his research on intermittent fevers, particularly malaria. Linnaeus' book, Systema Naturae (The System of Nature), was published in 1737, with the help of Johan Frederik Gronovius, a Dutch botanist. In this manuscript Linnaeus introduced taxonomy, also known as classification of nature. This system ordered nature into three kingdoms: stones, plants and animals. The kingdoms were further divided into classes, orders, genera, species and varieties. As Linnaeus continued to make new discoveries, he added them to the ever-growing Systema Naturae. By his thirtieth year his manuscript had grown from 12 pages to 2,400 pages in its twelfth edition. Linnaeus is credited for our modern taxonomic system because of the simplicity of his system. This classification system was organized based on similarities between organisms. Linnaeus became a doctor in Stockholm and founded the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences after his return to Sweden in 1738. Later, in 1741, Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea and became a professor of medicine. In 1750 he became rector of Uppsala University. Linnaeus never stopped in his research. In 1753 he published Species Plantarum (Species of Plants), this work contained 6,000 new discoveries which he then classified using the binomial system. Linnaeus has been credited with naming e 1747..