Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus end of his life in 1778, Carl Linnaeus had become one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe, the first civilian in Sweden to be dubbed a knight of the Order of the Polar Star (1753) and ennobled as Carl von Linné (1761). The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote during Linnaeus' lifetime: "I know no greater man on earth." The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe would later write: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality
Torpedo scad which is one of the thirty genera in the family Carangidae, a group of perciform fishes in the suborder Percoidei. The species was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus, a famed Swedish naturalist who is widely considered the father of modern taxonomy. The specimen described by Linnaeus was erroneously described as being from "America", and no holotype is known for the species. Ronald Frick designated a neotype for the species in 1999, however this was rejected as it failed to satisfy ICZN regulations. Linnaeus named the species "Scomber cordyla", placing the fish in the true mackerel genus, which was a