Jack Spence (academic)

John Edward 'Jack' Spence (born 11 June 1931) is a British academic and has been a Professor of Diplomacy at the Department of War Studies, King's College London since 1997.

Spence was educated at Pretoria Boys High School, South Africa; the University of Witwatersrand; and the London School of Economics. He has lectured at a variety of Universities in Britain, South Africa and the United States and was Professor of Politics and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Leicester (1973-1991). He was employed as Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (1991-1997).

In 2002, Spence was appointed to the Order of the British Empire for teaching services to the Ministry of Defence.