Linnæus was the first attempt at grouping animals together according to certain common structural characters." - Meaning and context.">
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Methods of Study in Natural History (1863), ch. 1, p. 7
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But whatever its defects, the classification of Linnæus was the first attempt at grouping animals together according to certain common structural characters.

— Louis Agassiz

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Louis Agassiz

About Louis Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (28 May 1807 – 14 December 1873) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. He was the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz.