(Encyclopedia) Linnaeus, CarolusLinnaeus, Caroluskärōˈləs lĭnāˈəs [key], 1707–78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of…
LinnaeusSystematics, Taxonomy, and ClassificationIntroductionLinnaeusSystematics Analysis TechniquesAlternative Methods of ClassificationModern Classification Bioterms Taxonomy is the…
(Encyclopedia) Milles, CarlMilles, Carlmĭlˈəs [key], 1875–1955, Swedish-American sculptor, whose name originally was Carl Emil Wilhelm Anderson. Influenced by Rodin, he studied in Paris from 1897…
(Encyclopedia) Larsson, CarlLarsson, Carlkärl lärˈsôn [key], 1853–1919, Swedish painter and illustrator. He was a popular and imaginative illustrator and was equally successful as a watercolorist. In…
(Encyclopedia) Spitzweg, CarlSpitzweg, Carlkärl shpĭtsˈvĕk [key], 1808–85, German genre painter and draftsman. Self-taught, he depicted the daily life of his native Munich in small, charming pictures…
(Encyclopedia) Bergmann, CarlBergmann, Carlbĕrgˈmän [key], 1821–76, German-American musician and conductor. A cellist with the Germania Orchestra, he came with it to the United States in 1850 and…
(Encyclopedia) Reinecke, CarlReinecke, Carlkärl rīˈnəkə [key], 1824–1910, German composer, pianist, and conductor. After serving as court pianist (1846–48) in Denmark, he taught at the Cologne…
(Encyclopedia) Sternheim, CarlSternheim, Carlkärl shtĕrnˈhīm [key], 1878–1943, German dramatist. In his successful comedy Die Hose (1911, tr. A Pair of Drawers, 1927) and in his later works he…
(Encyclopedia) Schurz, CarlSchurz, Carlsh&oobreve;rts [key], 1829–1906, American political leader, b. Germany. He studied at the Univ. of Bonn and participated in the revolutionary uprisings of…
(Encyclopedia) Zuckmayer, CarlZuckmayer, Carlkärl ts&oobreve;kˈmīər [key], 1896–1977, German dramatist. Zuckmayer devoted himself to writing after the success of his comedy Der fröhliche Weinberg…
