Where was C.S. Lewis born in 1898?

C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. He was born on 29 November 1898 at Little Lea, the family home in the Strandtown area of Belfast, Ireland, which was then part of the United Kingdom.

His birth name was Clive Staples Lewis, although he later preferred the name Jack. His older brother, Warren, was also born in Belfast, and the two brothers remained close throughout their lives. Their childhood interests in mythology, literature, and invented worlds later influenced Lewis’s writing.

Lewis moved to England for his education and spent most of his adult professional life there. Because he became strongly associated with Oxford and Cambridge, some readers mistakenly identify one of those cities as his birthplace. Belfast is the specific city recorded in biographies and reference works.