Gustaf von Paykull
Gustav von Paykull (21 August 1757 – 28 January 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 from 1791 and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stockholm, through his 1819 donation of his extensive zoological collections to the academy. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1804.[1]
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
References
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter V". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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