Alexander Hugh McDonald, FBA (15 May 1908 – 9 July 1979) was a New Zealand-born ancient historian and classicist whose career was spent in England and Australia.
Following the death of S. K. Johnson, he was invited to prepare an edition of books 31 to 40 of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri for the Oxford Classical Texts series.
A highly regarded lecturer, McDonald was also a commentator in broadcasting, edited The Australian Outlook and authored works on Japanese imperialism and international relations in the Pacific region.
[2] McDonald left Australia in 1952 to take up a lectureship in ancient history at the University of Cambridge and a fellowship at Clare College.
In the 1970s, his health deteriorated and he was unable to complete the next five books of Livy for the OCT series (which he had been working on) before he died on 9 July 1979.