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Re: Linnaeus
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"Andrew K. Rindsberg" <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:55:18 -0600
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Helmut Nisters wrote, "As Linnaeus described a very large lot of animals, shells, plants, etc. he could not be only one person."
 
Certainly this was true of Sowerby.
 
Another explanation might be that Linnaeus's works were not written by Linnaeus, but by another person having the same name.
 
Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

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