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  • In 1750, Carl Linneus went beyond Aristotle, and came up with the modern scheme for systematically classifying living organisms.

    Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge 2009

  • But Brad Bowser, who runs Bowser's Guide Service in Linneus, Maine, had an unprecedented 16 cancellations last year for the 40 or so black-bear hunts he leads every year.

    An Expo Where Hunters Gather 2009

  • Moreover, if the genus had been named after Linné, the correct name would have been Linneus.

    A very long worm in any case AYDIN 2008

  • But some of it could run off towards that area, 8.5 inches there in Linneus, Missouri; Atlanta, Missouri had nearly six inches, almost six as well in Novelty.

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2008 2008

  • Now, look at these rainfall totals, Linneus, Missouri, just about 8.5 inches of rainfall.

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2008 2008

  • Moreover, if the genus had been named after Linné, the correct name would have been Linneus.

    Archive 2008-12-01 AYDIN 2008

  • The Linnaean taxonomy is a formal system for classifying and naming living things based on a simple hierarchical structure, from most general to most similar The basic hierarchy as formulated by Linneus, is as follows:

    ID in their own words: Paul Nelson - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Gustavus Vasa, and Charles XII., and Cristina and Linneus.

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

  • Pliny or Linneus or Humboldt -- they sat on mountain-tops; they surveyed the landscape at their feet, and if some little valley lay shrouded in mist, the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them.

    South Wind Norman Douglas 1910

  • I think sometimes that the science of humanity to-day is in about the state of darkness that the natural sciences were when Linneus and Cuvier and Lamarck began groping for the great laws of natural unity.

    The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment David Grayson 1908

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