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| name = Jack Ogden
| honorific_suffix = FSA, FGA
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| caption = Ogden in 2018
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| nationality = British
| occupation = Jewellery historian
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| known_for = Authentication of historic precious metal objects... | title = | boards = | awards = | website = https://independent.academia.edu/OgdenJack | education = | alma_mater = University of Durham | thesis_title = Gold jewellery in Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt | thesis_url = https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/108635.pdf | thesis_year = 1990 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | influences = | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = Historical development of jewellery materials and techniques History of the gem trade and gem cutting Use of 3D graphics in re-creating historic goldwork | notable_works = 1982 book Jewellery of the Ancient World: The Materials and Techniques of Ancient Jewellery, Trefoil, London 1994 book with D. Williams, Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World, British Museum Press, London [http://blog.yalebooks.com/2018/04/20/diamonds-love-and-history 2018 book Diamonds: The early history of the king of gems]. Yale University Press | notable_ideas = Founding The Society of Jewellery Historians | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}Jack Ogden''', FSA, FGA, is a British jewellery historian with a particular interest in the development of Materials and technology. He is considered one of the foremost experts in his field.The former curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Marion True, described Ogden as "a great English expert on ancient jewelry" in Michael Pfrommer, 2002, Greek Gold from Hellenistic Egypt’, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles p. ix He is the current President of The Society of Jewellery Historians, having held the position since February 2018, and was appointed visiting professor of Ancient Jewellery, Material and Technology, at the Birmingham School of Jewellery Birmingham City University in 2019
Biography
Academic life
Ogden was born into the fourth generation of a well-known family retail jewellery company"36. Ogden's and the tomb of Tutankhamun" – Harrogate History Tour’’ (2016) by Paul Chrystal based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, but showed a strong interest in archaeology, particularly egyptology, from about the age of seven. A visit to the exhibition Tutankhamun and His Time at the Petit Palais, Paris in 1967 inspired him to study Egyptian jewellery techniques, thus blending his archaeology and jewellery backgrounds.
His first academic article, on Roman imitation diamonds, was published in 1973. A detailed study of platinum group element inclusions in ancient gold objects followed in 1977, that same year conversations with the late John Goodall FSA on ways to bring together academics from around the world who had an interest in the history of jewellery led to the founding of the Society of Jewellery Historians. His vision here was to bring together specialists to create better understanding and dialogue between scientists and the art historians.