Category:Charles Valentine Riley

**Charles Valentine Riley**
	British-born American entomologist and artist (1843-1895)
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Name in native language	Charles Valentine Riley;
Date of birth	19 September 1843; Chelsea
Date of death	14 September 1895; Washington, D.C.
Manner of death	accidental death;
Cause of death	bicycle accident (skull fracture);
Place of burial	Glenwood Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United States of America; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Residence	Washington, D.C.;
Occupation	lepidopterist;
Employer	Missouri (entomologist); Smithsonian Institution (curator); United States Department of Agriculture (entomologist);
Field of work	entomology;
Child	Mary Gine Riley;
Award received	Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi;
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Charles Valentine Riley (18 September 1843 - 14 September 1895) was a British-born American entomologist and artist. He was one of the first individuals to use biological pest control and authored over 2,400 publications. He served as State Entomologist of Missouri and Chief Entomologist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He is credited with saving the California citrus and French wine industries from blights; he was also known for his sketches and watercolors.

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Directions for collecting and preserving insects (1892)‎ (5 F)

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Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1895 (1896) (19176830240).jpg 1,944 × 2,636; 1.73 MB
The papers of Charles Valentine Riley - a register of his papers in the National Agricultural Library (IA CAT10408282).pdf 1,241 × 1,608, 144 pages; 5.71 MB
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Danaus plexippus - pupation - Riley tgged.png 871 × 670; 194 KB
PSM - Entomologists-C.V. Riley.jpg 512 × 962; 205 KB
PSM V52 D654 G C Swallow and Charles C Riley.jpg 1,678 × 1,144; 338 KB

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