Gustaf von Paykull
Gustav von Paykull (August 21, 1757 - January 28, 1826) was a Swedish friherre (circa baron) and hovmarskalk ('court marshall', a court office), ornithologist and entomologist.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stokholm.
His best known publications are:
- Monographia Histeroidum. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp. (1811).
- Fauna Suecica. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman 3 volumes.
(3 volumes,1798,1799,1800)
Paykull's collection is in the Swedish Museum of Natural History [1]
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