Ted Schelpe

Edmund André Charles Louis Eloi Schelpe aka Ted Schelpe (27 July 1924 Durban - 12 October 1985 Cape Town) was a South African botanist, phytogeographer and taxonomist, specialising in pteridophytes, bryophytes and orchids.

[1] He was the son of Edmond Schelpe, lecturer and organist at Natal University, and Martha Clementina Beurms.

He was married to fellow botanist Anna Sybella Louisa Gray (1917-2001), the marriage producing 3 children.

In all he produced some 100 scientific papers and books, covering topics in pteridophytes, orchids, bryophytes, plant ecology and phytogeography.

[4] Ted Schelpe died after suffering a heart attack at his Cape Town home on Saturday 12 October 1985.