Which Cambridge college became C.S. Lewis’s academic home when he took a professorship in 1954?

Magdalene College became C.S. Lewis’s academic home when he took a Cambridge professorship in 1954.

Lewis was appointed the first holder of the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University in 1954. He was attached to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he continued teaching and writing until his death in 1963.

Before Cambridge, Lewis had spent nearly three decades at Magdalen College, Oxford. The similar names are a frequent source of errors. Oxford’s college is Magdalen, without a final “e”; Cambridge’s is Magdalene, with an “e.”

The Cambridge appointment gave Lewis a formal academic base in a field that matched many of his scholarly interests, including medieval literature, Renaissance writing, and literary history. He remained connected to Oxford socially and intellectually even after moving to Cambridge.