Which 1954 Cambridge position did C.S. Lewis accept after leaving Oxford?

C.S. Lewis accepted the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge in 1954.

The position was newly established at the University of Cambridge, and Lewis held it from 1954 until his death in 1963. His appointment followed many years as a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he had taught English literature since 1925.

Lewis’s academic specialization included medieval and Renaissance literature, allegory, literary history, and critical interpretation. His scholarly books included The Allegory of Love, published in 1936, and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama, published in 1954.

Although Cambridge gave him a new academic post, Lewis continued to live near Oxford and remained connected with the city’s intellectual life. The move is therefore sometimes misunderstood as a complete relocation. His Cambridge chair represented recognition of his scholarly authority, while Oxford remained his long-established home.