What university position did C.S. Lewis hold from 1954 until his death?

C.S. Lewis held the Cambridge University position of Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature from 1954 until his death in 1963. The chair connected his scholarship with the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Lewis moved to Cambridge after nearly three decades teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and continued writing, lecturing, and corresponding while holding the professorship.

The title is sometimes shortened in summaries, but the specific field matters. Lewis was not appointed to a general theology or modern literature chair. His academic reputation rested substantially on literary history and criticism, even though his popular Christian books made him famous far beyond university English departments.