Jack Plumley

Jack Martin Plumley, FSA (2 September 1910 – 2 July 1999) was a British Anglican priest, Egyptologist and academic.

Having served as a priest in the Church of England, he was Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge from 1957 to 1977.

[2] In 1950, he was awarded Master of Arts (MA Cantab) status by King's College, Cambridge.

[3] Plumley was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1933 during a service at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

In 1980, he was Priest in Charge of St Mary's church, Longstowe;[3] he remained as a minister of that parish until 1995.

Plumley wrote numerous books, articles, and essays, and oversaw excavations including those at Qasr Ibrim ahead of the flooding caused by the Aswan Dam.