- Gustaf von Paykull
Gustav von Paykull (
August 21 ,1757 -January 28 ,1826 ) was a Swedish"friherre " (circabaron ) and "hovmarskalk " ('court marshall', a court office),ornithologist andentomologist .He was a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) inStokholm .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 [http://www.nrm.se/inenglish.4.11e7cc61015dbd72f9800087.html]
External links
* [http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=id-51644.oi-1.vi-.fi-.uk-45.ln-en Image of Paykull]
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