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Author Sorensen, Willis Conner, author.

Title Charles Valentine Riley : founder of modern entomology / W. Conner Sorensen, Edward H. Smith, and Janet R. Smith, with Donald C. Weber
Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents The Thames, the Channel, the Rhine, 1843-1859 -- Along the Kankakee River, 1860-1863 -- Chicago and the Prairie farmer, 1863-1868 -- Missouri State Entomologist, 1868-1877 -- The "book of nature" according to Darwin -- Subterranean killers -- Devouring locusts -- Washington gadfly, 1879-1881 -- Assisting nature's balance -- Years of fulfillment -- "A great big silk farm" -- Vedalia the "wonder beetle" and biological control -- Creating a National Insect Collection -- Unfinished business -- A valuable career cut short -- Appendix: List of insects and other arthropods mentioned in the text
Summary "This definitive biography is the first full account of a fascinating American scientist whose leadership created the modern science of entomology that recognizes both the essential role of insects in natural systems and their challenge to the agricultural food supply that sustains humankind. Charles Valentine Riley: Founder of Modern Entomology tells the story of how Riley (1843-1895), a young British immigrant to America--with classical schooling, only a smattering of natural history knowledge, and with talent in art and writing but no formal training in science--came to play a key role in the reorientation of entomology from the collection and arrangement of specimens to a scientific approach to insect evolution, diversity, ecology, and applied management of insect pests."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed July 3, 2019)
Subject Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895.
SUBJECT Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895 fast
Subject Entomologists -- Biography
Entomologists -- United States -- Biography
Entomology -- History -- 19th century
Entomology
Entomologists
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817392222
081739222X