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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Johannes Vermeer, Dutch, 1632-1675, Girl with the Red Hat, c. 1665/1666, oil on pnael, painted surface: 22.87 x 18 cm (9x 7 1/16 in.), Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.53, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species
Wasp and bee, insect
What’s the Difference Between a Bee and a Wasp?
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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?
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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.
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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
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Timeline of the 1990s

Charles Valentine Riley: Facts & Related Content

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Born September 18, 1843 • Kensington and Chelsea • England
Died September 14, 1895 (aged 51) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Subjects Of Study insect • pest control
William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
British entomologist
Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
Marston Bates
American zoologist
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
American biologist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
Fabre, Jean Henri
Jean Henri Fabre
French entomologist
Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Charles Elton
English biologist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science