What was C.S. Lewis’s Cambridge professorship officially called?

C.S. Lewis’s Cambridge professorship was officially called the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature.

Lewis was appointed to the position at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1954. The chair reflected his scholarly specialization in literature from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, periods that shaped much of his teaching and criticism. Before moving to Cambridge, he had taught English at Oxford University for decades, including at Magdalen College, Oxford.

The appointment did not replace his public identity as a Christian author, but it recognized his standing as a literary historian and critic. His academic work included studies of medieval allegory, Renaissance writing, and the development of English literature. The Cambridge post is sometimes described less precisely as an English professorship, which can obscure its formal title. Lewis held the chair until his retirement in 1963, the year of his death.