C.S. Lewis was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1925.
In 1925, Lewis became a Fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, one of Oxford University’s historic colleges. He remained there for nearly three decades, teaching English literature and developing the scholarly and literary career that made him internationally known.
Magdalen College is distinct from Magdalene College, Cambridge, where Lewis later became the first holder of the chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature in 1954. This difference in spelling and location is a frequent source of confusion. Lewis’s Oxford years also included his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien and his participation in the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group connected with the university.