Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Panglima tentera laut British yang agung, Nelson (Lahir tahun1758-Mati tahun1805,umurnya 47 tahun)
Laksamana Madya (Vice Admiral)Horatio Nelson, Viscount Pertama Nelson,KB (29 September1758 –21 Oktober1805) merupakan laksamana British yang terkenal dengan pembabitannya dalam Perperangan Napoleon, terutamanya dalam Pertempuran Trafalgar, kemenangan mutlak British dalam perperangan di mana dia terbunuh.[1] Nelson dikenali kerana keupayaannya bagi memberi semangat dan menghasilkan yang terbaik bagi orang-orangnya, sehingga pada tahap ia diberi nama: "Sentuhan Nelson". Tindakannya semasa perperangan Laut ini bererti dia dihormati sebelum dan selepas kematiannya sebagaimana sebilangan tokoh tentera sepanjang sejarah British.
^The Nelson Society (2007-02-15)."Chronology". Diarkibkan daripadayang asal pada 2007-10-13. Dicapai pada2007-03-02.
Rencana ini menggabungkan dan menterjemah teks dari penerbitan sekarang didomain awam: Chisholm, Hugh, penyunting (1911).Encyclopædia Britannica (dalam bahasa Inggeris) (ed. ke-11). Cambridge University Press.Missing or empty|title= (bantuan)
James A. Michener 1989.Caribbean. Secker & Warburg. London.ISBN 0-436-27971-1 (Especially Chap. VIII. "A Wedding on Nevis", pp. 289-318). Some of it is fictionalised, "...but everything said about Nelson and his frantic search for a wealthy life is based on fact."
Knight, RogerThe Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson. Basic Books. 2005.ISBN 0-465-03764-X. Single volume biography of Nelson's entire life.
Lambert, AndrewNelson - Britannia's God of War. Faber and Faber. London.ISBN 0-571-21222-0 General biography; final two chapters on reactions to Nelson after his death, down to the current day.
Sugden, JohnNelson - A Dream of Glory. Jonathan Cape. London.ISBN 0-224-06097-X Thorough account of Nelson's life as far as the battle of St. Vincent.
National Geographic magazine for October, 2005, has an article covering the Battle of Trafalgar, in recognition of its 200th anniversary.
Biography by the poetRobert Southey, first biography of Nelson, appeared in 1813 while the wars were still being fought.
