Short answers, pulled from the story.
Carl Linnaeus was born on the 23rd of May 1707 in the village of Råshult, a remote corner of Småland in southern Sweden. His father, Nils Ingemarsson, adopted the name Linnaeus after a giant lime tree on their family homestead.
Carl Linnaeus embarked on a six-month journey to Lapland in the spring of 1732 to document the flora, fauna, and customs of the native Sami people. During this expedition, he discovered the twinflower, which was later named Linnaea borealis in his honor.
The first edition of Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus was printed in 1735 while he lived in the Dutch Republic. This work laid the groundwork for his future contributions to the field of taxonomy.
Carl Linnaeus classified humans taxonomically grouped with apes under the header of Anthropomorpha in Systema Naturae. He placed man and monkeys under the same category, noting that they had the same anatomy except for speech.
Carl Linnaeus died on the 10th of January 1778 in Hammarby and was buried in Uppsala Cathedral on the 22nd of January. His remains constitute the type specimen for the species Homo sapiens following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.