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Leonard Gyllenhaal
Leonard Gyllenhaal (3 December 1752 – 13 May 1840) was a Swedish military officer and entomologist.
Born on the Ribbingsberg manor in Västergötland in west Sweden, Leonard Gyllenhaal was son of an army officer and belonged to a family of the lower nobility. He went to school (Skara trivialskola) in the cathedral town of Skara together with, among others, the future poet Johan Henrik Kellgren, and later renowned naturalists Anders Dahl and the brothers Adam and Johan Afzelius, with whom he went on natural excursions
Church. His descendants in the American branch of the family include the actor siblings Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
References.
- Olle Franzén, "Gyllenhaal, Leonard", "Svenskt biografiskt lexikon", Vol. 17, pp. 558–561.
- Olle Franzén, "Leonard Gyllenhaal", a complete translation of the SBL article, without the references, but with pictures of the Höberg manor house and the "fly house".
- Biographies of Leonard and other members of the Gyllenhaal family in the