Ernest Charles Nelson

(Ernest) Charles Nelson was a botanist who specialised in the heather family, Ericaceae, especially Erica, and whose past research interests included the Proteaceae especially Adenanthos. He was the author or editor of over 24 books and more than 150 research papers. He was honorary editor of Archives of Natural History between 1999 and 2012 and remained closely linked with the journal as one of the Associate Editors, and was honorary editor of Heathers for 23 years until 2017.