Sir Robert Alexander Falconer KCMG FRSC (10 February 1867 – 4 November 1943) was a Canadian academic, Calvinist and bible scholar.

Of Scottish descent, Falconer was born on February 10, 1867, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the eldest child of a Presbyterian minister and his wife.

He attended high school in Port of Spain, Trinidad while his father was posted there[1] and won a scholarship to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

[5] Falconer wrote several books on current affairs, including The German Tragedy and its Meaning for Canada (1915),[6] Idealism in National Character (1920) and The United States as a Neighbour (1925).

He was an advocate of broad cooperation between the English speaking nations in international affairs, but was concerned to avoid American dominance of these relationships.