Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linn, and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. He is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.