It was at the BioQuip display for the Entomological Society of America’s 2019 annual meeting that I first became aware of Charles Valentine Riley. Those better versed in the history of entomology than I am are likely shocked by such an admission; however never being one demure from getting his education in public, I readily confess to all such instances of ignorance in my ongoing quest to correct as many of them as possible before finally shuffling off this mortal coil.