At which Cambridge college did C.S. Lewis become a professor in 1954?

C.S. Lewis became a professor at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1954. He held the Cambridge chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature after spending most of his academic career at Oxford.

Lewis’s Cambridge appointment did not replace his connection with Oxford. He continued living near Oxford at The Kilns and remained associated with Magdalen College, Oxford, where he had taught and served as a fellow. The Cambridge position expanded his academic career during his later years.

His scholarship focused especially on medieval and Renaissance literature. Works such as The Allegory of Love and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century established his reputation as a literary historian and critic, independently of his popular Christian writing and children’s fiction.

Magdalene is pronounced “Maudlin,” a detail that can confuse visitors and readers. It is one of the University of Cambridge’s constituent colleges and should not be confused with Oxford’s similarly named Magdalen College.