Obituary: E Charles Nelson, botanist whose expertise about plants won him international acclaim
E Charles Nelson was a founding member of the Irish Garden Plant Society
Botanist Ernest Charles Nelson, who has died at the age of 72, was a prolific author of books and articles and held a senior position at the Irish National Botanic Gardens.
Born in Belfast on September 15, 1951, he was the eldest son of Robert and Heather Nelson. The family lived in Enniskillen where he attended Portora Royal School, alma mater of Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, which is now merged into the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.
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