Alison Ann Trotter ONZM (23 January 1932 – 14 July 2022) was a New Zealand historian.
[1] Trotter taught history and social studies at Epsom Girls' Grammar School from 1959 to 1968, where she influenced Helen Clark, later prime minister of New Zealand.
[2] In 1973, Trotter returned to New Zealand to lecture in Asian history at the University of Otago, rising to become a full professor in 1993.
[2] Trotter was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to historical research.
[4] She retired from the University of Otago in 1998, receiving the title of emeritus professor, and moved to Wellington.