What is the name of the Cambridge chair C.S. Lewis held from 1954?

C.S. Lewis held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University from 1954. He was the first person appointed to the chair, which was established at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

The appointment marked a major change from Lewis’s long academic career at Oxford, where he had been a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College. The two colleges are separate institutions, and their similar names are a frequent source of confusion: Oxford has Magdalen, while Cambridge has Magdalene.

Lewis continued writing and teaching at Cambridge until his death in 1963. His scholarship covered medieval and Renaissance literature, including works by authors such as John Milton. His academic career therefore extended beyond popular theology and children’s fiction, although those books made him famous with a much wider readership.