Alister McLellan

Alister George McLellan (4 June 1919 – 1 July 2012) was a New Zealand mathematician and physicist.

Born in Christchurch and brought up in Westport, McLellan attended Nelson College and then the University of Otago, from where he graduated with a BSc and an MSc in mathematics and science.

His thesis was entitled The radial distribution function and its application to the properties of fluids.

He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1961 and Nuffield Foundation Commonwealth Bursary.

He served as president of the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand.