Editing Carl Linnaeus (section)

===Ennoblement===
[[File:Linne CoA.jpg|thumb|right|His [[coat of arms]]]]
Linnaeus felt Uppsala was too noisy and unhealthy, so he bought two farms in 1758: Hammarby and Sävja. The next year, he bought a neighbouring farm, Edeby. He spent the summers with his family at Hammarby; initially it only had a small one-storey house, but in 1762 a new, larger main building was added.<ref name="Koerner116"/><ref>[[#Blunt|Blunt (2004)]], p. 219.</ref> In Hammarby, Linnaeus made a garden where he could grow plants that could not be grown in the Botanical Garden in Uppsala. He began constructing a museum on a hill behind Hammarby in 1766, where he moved his library and collection of plants. A fire that destroyed about one third of Uppsala and had threatened his residence there necessitated the move.<ref>[[#Blunt|Blunt (2004)]], pp. 220–224.</ref>

Since the initial release of ''{{lang|la|Systema Naturae}}'' in 1735, the book had been expanded and reprinted several times; the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] was released in 1758. This edition established itself as the starting point for [[zoological nomenclature]], the equivalent of ''{{lang|la|Species Plantarum}}''.<ref name="Gribbin47"/><ref>[[#Blunt|Blunt (2004)]], p. 6.</ref>

The Swedish King Adolf Frederick granted Linnaeus [[nobility]] in 1757, but he was not [[ennobled]] until 1761. With his ennoblement, he took the name Carl von Linné (Latinised as {{lang|la|Carolus a Linné|italics=no}}), 'Linné' being a shortened and [[French language|gallicised]] version of 'Linnæus', and the German [[nobiliary particle]] '[[von]]' signifying his ennoblement.<ref name="Blunt171"/> The noble family's [[coat of arms]] prominently features a [[Linnaea borealis|twinflower]], one of Linnaeus's favourite plants; it was given the scientific name ''Linnaea borealis'' in his honour by [[Jan Frederik Gronovius|Gronovius]]. The shield in the coat of arms is divided into thirds: red, black and green for the three kingdoms of nature (animal, mineral and vegetable) in Linnaean classification; in the centre is an egg "to denote Nature, which is continued and perpetuated ''in ovo''". At the bottom is a phrase in Latin, borrowed from the [[Aeneid]], which reads "''Famam extendere factis''": we extend our fame by our deeds.<ref>[[#Gribbin|Gribbin & Gribbin (2008)]], p. 62.</ref><ref>[[#Blunt|Blunt (2004)]], p. 199.</ref><ref>[[#Blunt|Blunt (2004)]], pp. 229–230.</ref> Linnaeus inscribed this personal motto in books that were given to him by friends.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Anecdotes of Linnaeus|page=v |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ornithologyhummi06jardrich#page/n21/mode/2up|title=The Naturalist's Library. Volume VI. Ornithology. Humming birds, Part I.|editor=Jardine, William|publisher=Chatto & Windus|place=London|year=1865}}</ref>

After his ennoblement, Linnaeus continued teaching and writing. In total, he presided at 186 PhD ceremonies, with many of the dissertations written by himself.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Gunnar |last=Broberg |author-link=Gunnar Broberg |title=Carl Linnaeus |publisher=Het Zweeds Instituut/Svenska Institutet |date=2006 |isbn=91-520-0919-X |page=24 |language=nl}}</ref> His reputation had spread over the world, and he corresponded with many different people. For example, [[Catherine II of Russia]] sent him seeds from her country.<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/life/8_0.html Uppsala University, Linné Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123181433/http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/life/8_0.html |date=23 January 2012 }}, English language version</ref> He also corresponded with [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]], "the Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire", who was a doctor and a botanist in [[Idrija]], [[Duchy of Carniola]] (nowadays [[Slovenia]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theslovenian.com/articles/soban.htm |title=A Living Bond between Idrija and Uppsala |first=Branko |last=Soban |newspaper=The Slovenian |access-date=4 April 2012 |archive-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620023752/http://www.theslovenian.com/articles/soban.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scopoli communicated all of his research, findings, and descriptions (for example of the [[olm]] and the [[dormouse]], two little animals hitherto unknown to Linnaeus). Linnaeus greatly respected Scopoli and showed great interest in his work. He named a solanaceous genus, ''[[Scopolia]]'', the source of [[scopolamine]], after him, but because of the great distance between them, they never met.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theslovenian.com/articles/soban.htm |title=A Living Bond between Idrija and Uppsala |access-date=1 December 2007 |last=Soban |first=Branko |date=January 2005 |work=Slovenija.svet |publisher=Slovene Emigrant Association |archive-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620023752/http://www.theslovenian.com/articles/soban.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio|title=Joannes A. Scopoli-Carl Linnaeus. Dopisovanje/Correspondence 1760–1775, ed. Darinka Soban|publisher=Slovenian Natural history society|location=Ljubljana}}</ref>