Gustaf von Paykull

Gustaf von Paykull
Born(1757-07-23)23 July 1757
Stockholm County, Sweden
Died28 January 1826(1826-01-28) (aged 68)
Uppsala County, Sweden

Gustav von Paykull (23 July 1757 – 28 January 1826) was a Swedish friherre (circa baron) and Marshal of the Court, 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 (now in the Swedish Museum of Natural History). He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1801 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1804.

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