john daniel robins (september 8, 1884 - december 15, 1952) was a canadian academic and humorist. a longtime professor of german and english literature at the university of toronto's victoria university, he was most noted for his book "the incomplete anglers", which was co-winner with e. k. brown's "on canadian poetry" of the governor general's award for english-language non-fiction at the 1943 governor general's awards.