Robert Falconer attended high school in Port of Spain, Trinidad while his father was posted there and won a scholarship to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
11 Facts About Robert Falconer
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Robert Falconer graduated MA in 1889 and then spent three years at the divinity school of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Robert Falconer was ordained in 1892 but never held a clerical position.
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Robert Falconer returned to Canada that year and took a lecturership in New Testament Greek and exegesis at the Presbyterian College in Halifax.
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Robert Falconer steered a middle path, combining pure scholarship with practicality.
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Robert Falconer sought to maximise the independence of the university, battling unsuccessfully to retain German faculty members in 1914.
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Robert Falconer believed in the need to increase public awareness of, and accessibility to, Canada's historical records.
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Robert Falconer was a long time member of The Champlain Society's Council, serving as its Vice-President and President.
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Robert Falconer wrote several books on current affairs, including The German Tragedy and its Meaning for Canada, Idealism in National Character and The United States as a Neighbour.
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Robert Falconer was an advocate of broad cooperation between the English speaking nations in international affairs, but was concerned to avoid American dominance of these relationships.
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Robert Falconer died at the age of 76, on November 4,1943.