Multiple choice

Who among the following is known as the ' Father of Taxonomy' ?

  1. Jean Baptiste Lamarck

  2. Thomas Huxley

  3. Russel Wallace

  4. Carolus Von Linnaeus
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Explanation

Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus) is known as the 'Father of Taxonomy' for developing the system of binomial nomenclature - the two-part scientific naming system (Genus species) still used today. His 1753 book 'Species Plantarum' and 'Systema Naturae' established the hierarchical classification system of Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species that forms the foundation of modern biological taxonomy.

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