Which college at Cambridge University held C.S. Lewis’s professorship?

Magdalene College held C.S. Lewis’s professorship at Cambridge University. In 1954, Lewis became the first occupant of the Cambridge chair of medieval and Renaissance literature, and he was based at Magdalene College until his death.

Magdalene is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It has a long history, tracing its institutional origins to the medieval foundation of Buckingham College before receiving its later name. Lewis’s rooms overlooked the River Cam, and the college became the setting for the final phase of his teaching career.

Readers sometimes confuse Magdalene College, Cambridge, with Magdalen College, Oxford. Lewis had been a fellow and tutor at Oxford’s Magdalen College for many years, but the Cambridge college connected with his professorship is spelled “Magdalene.” The similar names reflect two different institutions and cities.