What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s first Cambridge professorship?

C.S. Lewis’s first Cambridge professorship was the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. He took the post in 1954, after nearly three decades teaching at Oxford.

The Cambridge position was created for Lewis at Magdalene College, Cambridge. His appointment marked a major change in his academic career, although he continued to write popular books, theological works, and fiction. His scholarly reputation had been established through studies such as The Allegory of Love and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama.

Lewis is often identified primarily with Oxford because he taught there from 1925 until 1954 and was a Fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford. That Oxford college is distinct from Magdalene College in Cambridge, where he held his Cambridge chair. Keeping the two institutions separate is important when describing the final decade of his academic career.