Jack Plumley

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Cambridge University (1957 to 1977)
Academic background
EducationMerchant Taylors' School
Alma materSt John's College, Durham
King's College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineEgyptology
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Jack Martin Plumley,

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.

Early life and education

Plumley was born on 2 September 1910 in

Master of Arts (MA Cantab) status by King's College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

Ordained ministry

Plumley was

curacy in the Diocese of London.[4] He was Vicar of Christ Church, Hoxton from 1942 to 1945, and Vicar of St Paul's Church, Tottenham from 1945 to 1947.[2]

In 1947, Plumley moved to the Diocese of Ely. He served as Rector of All Saints' Church, Milton between 1947 and 1957.[2][3] He was a select preacher at the University of Cambridge in 1955 and in 1959.[3] In 1957, he was appointed to a professorship at the University of Cambridge, and therefore left full-time ministry.[1]

Plumley held

Priest in Charge of St Mary's church, Longstowe;[3] he remained as a minister of that parish until 1995.[2] From 1981 to 1982, he was a chaplain of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and its acting dean.[3]

Academic career

While in London, Plumley began taking classes in Egyptology with

War, Glanville was appointed Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology in Cambridge; Plumley became his assistant, and, on Glanville's death in 1956, his successor. He was chairman of the Department of Egyptology from 1957 until 1977. Plumley wrote numerous books, articles, and essays, and oversaw excavations including those at Qasr Ibrim ahead of the flooding caused by the Aswan Dam. He discovered and published the scrolls of Bishop Timothy of Faras. He was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1966. From 1978 to 1982 he was president of the International Society for Nubian Studies
.

Personal life

In 1938, Plumley married Gwendolen Darling; she died in 1984. Together they had three sons. In 1986, Plumley married Ursula Dowle.[2]

Plumley died in Cambridge on 2 July 1999.[4]

Selected works

  • Plumley, J. Martin (1948). An Introduction Coptic Grammar. London: Home and van Thal.
  • Plumley, J. Martin (1975). The Scrolls of Bishop Timotheos: Two Documents from Mediaeval Nubia. London: Egypt Exploration Society.
    ISBN 978-0856980442
    .
  • Plumley, J. Martin, ed. (1982). Nubian Studies (Proceedings of the International Society for Nubian Studies). Oxford: Aris & Phillips Ltd.
    ISBN 978-0856681981
    .
  • ISBN 978-0856981005
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c Jakobielski, Stefan (2008). "Jack Plumley 1910-1999" (PDF). Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology. University of Warsaw. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kemp, Barry (14 July 1999). "Obituary: The Rev Professor Jack Plumley". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Jack Martin Plumley". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b The Revd Professor Jack Martin Plumley, MA, MLitt Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Society of Antiquaries of London. Accessed March 2014
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