What was C.S. Lewis’s academic position at Oxford University before he moved to Cambridge?

Before moving to Cambridge, C.S. Lewis was a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Lewis was elected to a teaching fellowship at Magdalen College in 1925. He remained at Oxford for nearly three decades, teaching English literature and building the scholarly reputation that supported his later work as a critic, essayist, novelist, and Christian apologist.

Magdalen is one of Oxford’s constituent colleges, founded in the fifteenth century. Lewis’s Oxford circle included writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams, and the informal literary group known as the Inklings met largely in Oxford settings. These friendships influenced his reading, writing, and religious thought.

In 1954 Lewis accepted a chair of medieval and Renaissance literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The Oxford college is “Magdalen,” pronounced like “Maudlin,” while the Cambridge college is “Magdalene,” a distinction that often causes confusion. Lewis stayed at Cambridge until his death in 1963.