Carl Linnaeus the Younger was enrolled at the
University of Uppsala at the age of 9 and was taught science by his father's
students, including
Pehr Löfling,
Daniel Solander, and
Johan Peter Falk. In 1763, aged just 22, he succeeded his father as the head of Practical Medicine at Uppsala. His promotion to professor — without taking exams or defending a thesis — caused resentment among his colleagues. His work was modest in comparison to that of his father. His best-known work is the
Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium of 1781, which contains botanical descriptions by the elder Linnaeus and his colleagues, edited and with additions by the son. == References ==