At which Cambridge university did C.S. Lewis hold a medieval and Renaissance English professorship?

C.S. Lewis held a medieval and Renaissance English professorship at the University of Cambridge.

In 1954, Lewis became the first holder of the newly established Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He remained in that position until his death in 1963. The appointment recognized his scholarship as well as his public reputation as a Christian writer and literary critic.

Before Cambridge, Lewis had spent most of his academic career at Oxford, where he was a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College. The shared college name can cause confusion: Oxford’s Magdalen is pronounced “Maudlin,” while Cambridge’s Magdalene is pronounced “Maud-lin” or “Maud-leen” depending on usage.

His Cambridge years were academically productive, though his health declined. The chair connected him formally with the study of English literature from the medieval and Renaissance periods, fields already central to his criticism and teaching.