What title did C.S. Lewis hold at Cambridge University from 1954?

From 1954, C.S. Lewis held the title Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University.

The appointment was at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where Lewis remained until his death. Before moving to Cambridge, he had spent most of his academic career at Oxford, teaching English literature and becoming a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Lewis’s Cambridge chair matched his scholarly specialization in older English literature. His academic work included studies of medieval and Renaissance texts, as well as influential literary criticism such as The Allegory of Love and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century.

The Cambridge position is often confused with his Oxford role. Lewis did not become an Oxford professor of medieval and Renaissance English; the named professorship belongs to his later Cambridge career.