What was C.S. Lewis’s academic title at Cambridge University from 1954?

From 1954, C.S. Lewis held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University. He became the first occupant of the newly established position and was associated with Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Lewis moved from Oxford to Cambridge after many years as a fellow and tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford. His Cambridge appointment recognized his expertise in medieval and Renaissance writing, fields that had shaped both his scholarship and his fiction.

The position did not make Lewis a theology professor, although Christian thought was central to many of his popular works. His academic training and professional work were in English literature. He continued writing for general readers while teaching and publishing scholarship, including studies of medieval and Renaissance texts.