David Colin Arthur Shotter (3 January 1939 – 22 May 2021) was a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Imperial History at the University of Lancaster.
He established and chaired over 40 annual archaeological conferences for the university's Centre for North-West Regional Studies.
He was Principal of Lonsdale College, Lancaster and was appointed Professor of Roman Imperial History in 2003 and retired in 2004.
[1][3] He was a co-founder of the Lancaster Archaeological and Historical Society and its journal, Contrebis.
He also played a major role in the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, as a council member, vice-president and president (2005-2008).