David Paver Mellor

David Paver Mellor (19 March 1903 – 9 January 1980) was an Australian inorganic chemist. A graduate of the University of Tasmania, he was a lecturer and reader at the University of Sydney from 1929 to 1955, and was the Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales from 1955 to 1969. He researched on the properties and structures of coordination complexes. He was the author of The Role of Science and Industry, a volume in the official history series Australia in the War of 1939–1945. This volume broke new ground in Australian military history in dealing with the development and acquisition of military equipment.