1. Leonard Gyllenhaal was a Swedish nobleman, military officer and entomologist.
12 Facts About Leonard Gyllenhaal
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Leonard Gyllenhaal 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.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal never matriculated and remained in Uppsala only one semester, before switching to a military career in accordance with the wishes and traditions of the family, enrolling in the Adelsfanan cavalry regiment, and a few years later transferring to the drabantkaren.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal remained in contact with Linnaeus through an extensive correspondence and continued to work as an amateur naturalist.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal remained in military service until 1799, when he retired with the rank of major.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal developed the estate, experimenting with new crops such as the American maize.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal built a private entomological museum, library and study on Hoberg which he called the "Fly house".
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Leonard Gyllenhaal was elected an honorary member of the French Societe entomologique.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of Vasa.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal was a leading Swedenborgian who supported the printing and spreading of Swedenborg's writings.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal was married to Anna Hard af Torestorp, the only child of Gustaf Ulrik Hard af Torestorp and his wife, Baroness Eleonore Margarethe Fleetwood, great-granddaughter of Swedish general Baron George Fleetwood and Brigitta Gyllenstierna.
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Leonard Gyllenhaal's grandson, the Swedish-American journalist Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal, retained the faith of his grandfather and was a member of the Swedenborgian New Church.