C.S. Lewis spent most of his academic career in Oxford. He studied at University College, Oxford, and later held teaching posts at Oxford colleges, becoming closely associated with the city’s literary and intellectual life.
Lewis was a Fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1925 until 1954. During those years he wrote important works of literary criticism, Christian apologetics, and fiction. His rooms at Magdalen and his regular conversations with other writers helped make Oxford central to his public identity.
In 1954, Lewis left Oxford for Cambridge, where he became the first holder of the newly established chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature. He continued living in Oxford, at The Kilns, while working in Cambridge. This is why both cities appear in biographies, but Oxford was the main setting of his academic career.
Oxford also connects Lewis with the Inklings, an informal writers’ group that included J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. The group met mainly at Oxford venues, including The Eagle and Child pub.