Paternal Grandparents: farmers
Ingemar Bengtsson [1633-1693]
Ingrid Ingemarsdotter [1641-1717]
Parents:
Christina Brodersonia [1688-1733]
Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus [1674-1748]
Father"named himself Linnaeus to celebrate a triple trunked Linden tree growing next to the family farm, Jonsboda Ostragard, in Hvittaryd parish Sunnerbo hundred, Vaxsjo bishopric, Smaland."
Blunt refers to the tree as a Lime tree; evidently linden and lime are synonymous.
Born: Stenbrohult, in Smaland. 23 May, 1707 (Georgian Calendar).
Married: Sara Elisabeth Moraea in 1739.
Eldest son
Brother Samuel and at least 3 sisters.
Emerentia Linnaeus [1723-1753]
Anna Maria [1710-1769]
Sophia Juliana [1714-1771]
Child:
Carl Linnaeus [ -1783]
dies a bachelor, and without issue.
Carl passed on to his son his academic post, which the son appeared to have little interest in, largely ignoring the position and gardens.
Characterized by his father as having no interest in Botany. Enobled: 1762 as von Linne"the lord of all of Sweden's Clams"for his demonstration of a technique for culturing pearls.
Dies: 10 Jan, 1778 in Uppsala.
Linnaeus saw his main contribution as economical, believing in the idea of employing nature to make Sweden prosperous and independant. Late in his life there are indications that he saw the dream of acclimatization of foreign species as flawed.
His student do not appear to have been particularly fond of him often ridiculing him and being eager to be free from his control. Linnaeus saw his students as essentially belonging to him, and their works, understandings and production as rightfully his own.
Excellent reference: Linnaeus Nature and Nation. Lisbet Koerner
Harvard University Press. 1999.
From:"Zoonomen Nomenclatural data"(2001) Alan P. Peterson
http://www.zoonomen.net
