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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.His best-known publications are:Monographia Histeroidum. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp.