Last spring I traveled with my husband, Peter, to Uppsala, an ancient city northwest of Stockholm on the gulf of Ekoln, one of the vast, inland-reaching bays of Sweden’s Lake Mälaren.

Uppsala was also home to the father of modern botany, Carl Linnaeus, whose house and garden — now a museum — provide a vivid look at this amazing scientist’s work. Linnaeus lived here from ...

Uppsala was also home to the father of modern botany, Carl Linnaeus, whose house and garden — now a museum — provide a vivid look at this amazing scientist’s work. Linnaeus lived here from ...

The estate also contained a garden in which he cultivated both ... After many years of teaching at Uppsala University, Linnaeus retired in 1772 and lived on his estate until his death in 1778.

Located right in the centre of Uppsala, a short stroll from the ... wander around the lush Linnaeus botanical garden or make a splash at Fyrishov, a waterpark that is certain to keep younger ...

The database contains images of the butterfly specimens upon which Linnaeus based his descriptions ... now in the Zoological Museum of the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Further material was examined ...

At the botanic garden a shout would go up, "Vivat Linnaeus!" In later years—after the rector of Uppsala University protested—these "inquisitions of the pastures," as Linnaeus called them ...

Adam in Paradise only named the animals; Linnaeus took care of the plants, too. At Uppsala University, he conducted mass exercises in botanical fieldwork, with hundreds showing up early to follow ...

Professor of Plant Ecology at Uppsala University and one of the researchers who carried out the analysis. Carl Linnaeus' thesis, Pan Svecicus, describes 2,325 experiments involving 643 different ...

Uppsala was also home to the father of modern botany, Carl Linnaeus, whose house and garden - now a museum - provide a vivid look at this amazing scientist's work. Linnaeus lived here from 1743 ...