What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Cambridge academic chair?

C.S. Lewis held the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University.

In 1954 he left Oxford for Magdalene College, Cambridge, after being appointed the first holder of the Cambridge chair. The position matched his scholarly expertise in English literature, especially medieval and Renaissance texts. His academic work included studies of allegory, literary history, and the period’s religious imagination.

Lewis had taught English at Magdalen College, Oxford, since 1925. His move to Cambridge did not end his connection with Oxford, where he continued to spend time and maintain friendships. It did, however, mark a major change in his formal academic career.

The chair’s name is sometimes simplified to “English literature,” but its official focus was specifically Medieval and Renaissance English. Lewis held it until his death in 1963, making the Cambridge appointment the final academic post of his life.