What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s medieval literature chair at Cambridge?

C.S. Lewis held Cambridge’s Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

In 1954, Lewis left Magdalen College, Oxford, to become the first professor in the newly established Cambridge University chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. He held the position until his retirement in 1963.

The appointment reflected his scholarly expertise in English literature from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. His academic work included studies of allegory, medieval literary traditions, and the history of English literature.

Lewis is often remembered primarily as a Christian writer or children’s author, but his Cambridge appointment recognized him as a professional literary scholar. The title is also distinct from the later Cambridge Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which is an institutional centre rather than Lewis’s professorial chair.