Robert Christopher Towneley Parker, FBA (born 19 October 1950) is a British ancient historian, specialising in ancient Greek religion and Greek epigraphy.

Robert Parker was educated at St Paul's School, London and at New College, Oxford under Geoffrey de Ste Croix.

From 1996 until his retirement in 2016 he was the Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at New College, Oxford University.

[1] Before that, from 1976–96, he was Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at Oriel College, Oxford.

[4] He is also a Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters,[5] an Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in France, and a Member of the Academia Europaea.