Råshult
56°37′05″N 14°12′07″E / 56.618°N 14.202°E
Birthplace of Carl Linnaeus
Råshult is a village just north of Älmhult in Kronoberg County, Småland, Sweden. It is notable as the birthplace of the seminal biologist and "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). In Råshult there is also a memorial to him.
References
- ^ Calisher, CH (2007). "Taxonomy: what's in a name? Doesn't a rose by any other name smell as sweet?". Croatian Medical Journal. 48 (2): 268–270. PMC 2080517. PMID 17436393.
- ^ Wilfrid Blunt (2001). The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7112-1841-3.
External links
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