Carl von Linné, more commonly known as Carl Linnaeus, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, acclaimed for formalizing the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. Born on May 23, 1707, in Råshult, Sweden, Linnaeus laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of taxonomy. He is often referred to as the 'Father of Taxonomy' and his work marked a new...