Carl Linnaeus, kent as as Carl von Linné aifter his ennoblement an aw (listen (help·info)), an him that wrat unner the Laitin name Carolus Linnaeus (23 Mey, 1707 – 10 Januar, 1778), wis a Swaddish botanist that laid the foonds for the modren scheme o taxonomy. He is conseidered ane o the faithers o modren ecology an aa (see History o ecology).