What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford college from 1925 to 1954?

C.S. Lewis was a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1954.

Lewis was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen College in 1925 and remained there for nearly three decades. He taught English literature and lived in college rooms, participating in the academic and social life of Oxford. Magdalen’s medieval buildings, cloisters, deer park, and riverside walks became part of the setting of his professional and personal life.

Lewis’s Oxford friendships were also important during this period. He belonged to the informal literary group known as the Inklings, whose members included J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. The group discussed works in progress and met regularly in Oxford.

Lewis left Oxford for Cambridge in 1954, becoming the first holder of the newly created chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Magdalen and Magdalene are different colleges at different universities, a distinction that often causes confusion.