Robert Dobbie (1901–2000) was a Pastor hailing from Dundee, Scotland who taught Old Testament at the Universities of Glasgow (1946–1947), St. Andrews (1947–1955), Toronto (1955–1969) and at Carleton (1969–1974).
[2] Robert Dobbie was active in contributing to Old Testament scholarship.
Dobbie was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and was at one time elected as Vice-President[7] of the Canadian section of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Dobbie used to contribute to Old Testament scholarship through his writings which appeared in biblical journals like The Expository Times,[8] Vetus Testamentum[9], Canadian Journal of Theology,[10] Scottish Journal of Theology,[11] International Review of Missions.
[12] Dobbie last taught at Carleton University where he was Visiting Professor of Religion from 1969[13] onwards.