# Linnaeus — The Origin of Species character guide

> Linnaeus in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Linnaeus

**First appearance:** 0001-an-historical-sketch-of-the-progress-of-opinion-on-the-origin-of-species-previously-to-the-publication-of-the-first-edition-of-this-work

## Who they are

The founder of modern taxonomy who believed species were fixed.

## In the story

### [Geometrical Ratio of Increase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/geometrical-ratio-of-increase)

Cited for a calculation on plant reproduction showing rapid potential increase.

### [Dispersal During the Glacial Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/dispersal-during-the-glacial-period)

Concluded in 1747 that the same species must have been independently created at many distinct points.

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