What was C.S. Lewis's position at Cambridge University beginning in 1954?

Beginning in 1954, C.S. Lewis held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University. He was the first person appointed to that chair, which was established in the English Faculty.

Lewis moved from Oxford to Cambridge after many years as a Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College. His Cambridge position recognized his scholarship in older English literature, medieval texts, Renaissance writing, and literary history. He continued writing and lecturing while holding the post until his death.

The appointment is sometimes misidentified as a theology chair because Lewis is best known to many readers for Christian apologetics. His official academic specialization, however, was English literature. At Cambridge he became a Fellow of Magdalene College, whose spelling differs from Magdalen College in Oxford.