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Epic card · Science
Carl Linnaeus, an Epic card
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 530,000
Ranked #433 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Carl Linnaeus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Linnaeus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known as the "father of ______ taxonomy".
Answer
modern. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". From the Carl Linnaeus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in ____ as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.
Answer
1760s. Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. From the Carl Linnaeus article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".
- Many of his writings were in Latin, his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.
- Linnaeus was the son of a curate and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Linnaeus article was read about 530,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Linnaeus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexander Roslin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.