At which university did C.S. Lewis become a fellow and tutor in English literature in 1925?

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C.S. Lewis became a fellow and tutor in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1925. He remained associated with the college for nearly three decades and taught there until 1954.

Magdalen is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. During his Oxford years, Lewis developed a reputation as a formidable literary scholar, teacher, and speaker. He also formed close friendships with writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams, becoming part of the informal group known as the Inklings.

Lewis later moved to Cambridge University, where he became the first holder of the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College in 1954. The similar names Magdalen and Magdalene can cause confusion: his Oxford post was at Magdalen College, while his later Cambridge post was at Magdalene College.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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