Charles valentine riley biography
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Charles valentine riley biography
Charles Valentine Riley
British-born American entomologist and artist (1843-1895)
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 convinced Congress to create the United States Entomological Commission and was among the founders of the American Association of Economic Entomologists.
Early life
The son of a Church of England minister, Charles Valentine Riley was born on 19 September 1843 in London'sChelsea district.
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When he was around eleven his parents, the Rev. Charles and Mary (née Valentine) Riley, chose to further his education in Europe. There he excelled at art and natural history attending private schools in Dieppe, France and later Bonn, Germany.[1] After the death of his father he was brought home to Britain to enroll in a public school there.
Sometime later his mother remarried