Sorensen, Willis Conner, <br/><br/>
Charles Valentine Riley :  founder of modern entomology / 
W. Conner Sorensen, Edward H. Smith, and Janet R. Smith, with Donald C. Weber. 
 - Tuscaloosa :  The University of Alabama Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) :  illustrations (some color), maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780817392222 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Riley, Charles V. 1843-1895. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entomologists--Biography.<br/>Entomologists--United States--Biography.<br/>Entomology--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL31  / .C437 2018