Alfred Cooper Woolner (13 May 1878 – 7 January 1936) was a Sanskrit scholar and professor.

In 1903, at the age of twenty-five Woolner he joined the University of the Punjab as its Registrar and Principal of its Oriental College.

[3] On 17 December 1935, Woolner contracted malaria which, after a week, developed into pneumonia.

[2] Punjab University Library's collection of over 8,500 Ancient Sanskrit and Hindi manuscripts is named in his honour.

[4] The only remaining intact statue from the British Raj era in Lahore is that of Dr. Woolner which stands in front of the Pharmacy Department of Punjab University.