William Dickie Niven (26 April 1879 – 26 February 1965), of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire,[1] was a Scottish academic.
[2] He was educated at Fyvie Public School and Gordon's College, Aberdeen.
Niven was educated at the University of Aberdeen, then at Berlin and Halle.
Niven was Professor of New Testament Language and Literature from 1935 to 1946.
He was professor of Ecclesiastical History from 1946 until 1949, both at Trinity College, Glasgow.