Alan F. Mitchell (4 November 1922 – 3 August 1995) was a British forester, dendrologist and botanist, and author of several books on trees.
During the Second World War, he served with the Fleet Air Arm in the East Asia.
Returning by troop ship in the Red Sea at the end of the war, he pondered his future and decided it would be trees.
His 1987 book The Guide to Trees of Canada and North America is dedicated to his sister Christine.
The book makes occasional oblique reference to a trip to North America in 1976.