Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus, aka Carl von Linné, or Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) was the son of a Lutheran pastor in Sweden. His father taught him to love the identification of plants. So influenced, Linnaeus became a medical doctor who was quickly recognized for his outstanding abilities in the study of nature. Linnaeus made it his goal to identify the original "kinds" of the Genesis account in the Bible. Assuming that nature was ordered, he viewed the creatures as "pearls on a string" and established a system of classification for plants and animals that is still used. Each species was given a Latinized name in what is called binomial nomenclature. For example, humans are classified as Homo sapiens or "wise man."

Linnaeus praised the Lord for what he observed. His approach was to start with the observations and then to end by praising God