Charles Valentine Riley : founder of modern entomology / W. Conner Sorensen, Edward H. Smith, and Janet R. Smith, with Donald C. Weber
- Author
- Sorensen, Willis Conner
- Published
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
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- 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."--
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780817392222 (electronic bk.)
081739222X (electronic bk.)
9780817320096
0817320091
081739222X - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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