Edwin Cheel

Edwin Cheel (14 February 1872 – 19 September 1951) was an Australian botanist and collector.

Before being appointed as a staff member of Centennial Park in 1897 he was a gardener in New South Wales and Queensland.

[1] In 1908 he joined the National Herbarium, and was appointed Chief Botanist and Curator from 1933 to 1936.

[2] He traveled extensively in collection of botanical specimens, which are lodged in New South Wales.

He has a street named after him in the suburb of Farrer, in the Australian Capital Territory.