Clemency Montelle (born 8 July 1977) ^[1] is a New Zealand historian of mathematics known for her research on Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. ^{[2] [3]} She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Canterbury, ^{[1] [4]} and a fellow of the New Zealand India Research Institute of the Victoria University of Wellington. ^[5]

Montelle is originally from Christchurch. ^[2] She earned first class honours in mathematics and classical studies at the University of Canterbury in 1999, and completed a master's degree there in 2000. ^[1] It was not until the fourth year of her studies that, finding a copy of Euclid in the original Greek, she realized that she could reconcile her two interests by working in the history of mathematics. ^{[2] [3]}

She became a Fulbright Scholar at Brown University, where she learned Cuneiform, Sanskrit, and Arabic. ^{[3] [6]} She completed a Ph.D. in the history of mathematics there in 2005; ^[1] at Brown, her faculty mentors included David Pingree, Alice Slotsky, and Kim Plofker. ^[7]

Montelle was vice president of the Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy for the 2017–2021 term. ^[8]

Montelle is the author of the book Chasing Shadows: Mathematics, Astronomy, and the Early Reckoning of Eclipse theory (Johns Hopkins Press, 2011). ^[9] With Kim Plofker, she is the coauthor of Sanskrit Astronomical Tables (Springer, 2019). ^[10]

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