Which university appointed C.S. Lewis to a fellowship and tutoring post in 1925?

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The University of Oxford appointed C.S. Lewis to a fellowship and tutoring post in 1925. He became a Fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, one of Oxford’s constituent colleges.

Lewis remained at Oxford for nearly three decades. He taught English literature, participated in the college’s intellectual life, and wrote many of his major works while living and working there.

His Oxford circle included J.R.R. Tolkien and other writers associated with the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group. Lewis’s academic work and Christian writing developed alongside his fiction during these years.

Cambridge is also closely connected with Lewis because he became a professor there later in life. However, his first major university appointment was at Oxford in 1925, not Cambridge. The precise institution was Oxford University, with the post located at Magdalen College.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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