Medal - Carl von Linné 200th Anniversary of Birth

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Carl von Linné sitting on a rock in the forest. The sun is rising in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering: E TENEBRIS TANTIS TAM CLARUM EXTOLLERE LUMEN QUI PRIMUS POTIJIT

Translation: OUT OF SO MUCH DARKNESS THE LIGHT THAT WAS THE FIRST TO BRING OUT SO BRIGHT (Google translate)

Designer: Erik Lindberg

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Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".