Richard "Dick" Glyn Kimber (1939 - 16 September 2024) AM was an Australian historian and author who wrote extensively on the history, art, culture and wildlife of Central Australia.

He published several books, the best known of which is Man From Arltunga: Walter Smith, Australian Bushman (1986) as well as more than 100 articles and essays.

From 1976 to 1978 he was the Papunya Tula Artists Coordinator and devised Aboriginal Studies materials for schools, after which he again returned to teaching.

He researched the historical records of extinct and rare native fauna for the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory and provided advice regarding the development of the Alice Springs Desert Park and issues relating to Aboriginal land ownership of various parks and reserves.

In 1980, Kimber resigned from the Education Department, "becoming Alice Springs' first publicly acknowledged 'house-husband'" while continuing his active writing life.

[16] Kimber died on 16 September 2024 after a long illness and,[1] after his death Steve Morton stated that: "[h]e was a great historian.