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'''Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok''' (July 14, 1783, in Gödelöv parish, [[Malmöhus County]], southern [[Sweden]] &ndash; May 18, 1865, in [[Lund]]) was a [[baron]], [[zoology]] collector and [[philanthropist]].

He was the great-grandson (paternal) of military general [[Axel Gyllenkrok]] (1665&ndash;1730) and the son of [[Charlotta Cederström]].

In 1830 he was elected member of the [[Swedish Academy of Science]]. He donated his zoological collections to [[Lund University]] in 1845. He also founded several institutions for children. He was considered a benefactor of science and was a generous philanthropist in his home region.

==References==
*[https://runeberg.org/nfbj/0413.html ''Nordisk familjebok'' (1909): Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok] {{in lang|sv}}
* [https://runeberg.org/nfbj/0413.html Article ''Gyllenkrok, Axel Gustaf''] from [[Nordisk familjebok]] (in Swedish)

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[[Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]
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[[Category:19th-century Swedish nobility]]
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