Which Cambridge university position did C.S. Lewis hold from 1954?

From 1954, C.S. Lewis held the Cambridge position of Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English. He became the first holder of the chair at Magdalene College, Cambridge, after leaving his long teaching career at Oxford.

The appointment recognized Lewis’s scholarship as a literary historian and critic, not only his popularity as a Christian writer or novelist. His academic work included studies of medieval literature, allegory, language, and the development of English literary traditions. He continued writing for general readers while holding the Cambridge chair.

The title is sometimes shortened in biographical summaries, which can make it sound like a general English professorship. The full designation matters because it identifies Lewis’s specialist field and the historical period he taught. He remained at Cambridge until his death in 1963, while still retaining connections with Oxford and The Kilns.