C.S. Lewis became a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1954.
The appointment followed his years at Oxford, where he had taught English and developed a major reputation as a literary scholar and Christian writer. Cambridge created the chair specifically associated with medieval and Renaissance literature, and Lewis held it until his death in 1963.
Magdalene College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and is located beside the River Cam. Lewis’s Cambridge period brought him into a different institutional setting from Oxford, although he continued writing, corresponding, and participating in Christian discussion. This fact is distinct from his Oxford teaching career: he was a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford, before moving to Cambridge.