John W. Tait (born 1945) is a British Edwards Professor of Egyptology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and was the head of the department till 2010.[1][2] He received his D.Phil. in Egyptian and Greek Papyrology from the University of Oxford.[1][2] His research focuses on Ancient Egyptian literature, including documents written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, Demotic, and Greek.[1][2] He has also worked as a member of the Project for the Publication of the Carlsberg Papyri and the Egypt Exploration Society.[1][2]