Which university employed C.S. Lewis as a fellow and tutor in English for most of his Oxford career?

C.S. Lewis worked as a fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford. He held the position from 1925 until 1954, making the college central to his academic and personal life.

At Magdalen, Lewis taught English literature and developed a reputation as a demanding but effective tutor. He also spent time walking and talking with fellow scholars, including J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. These literary friendships helped shape the informal group known as the Inklings.

Lewis left Oxford for Cambridge in 1954, when he became the first holder of the newly established chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The two colleges are easy to confuse because both are named Magdalene or Magdalen, but Lewis's long Oxford appointment was at Magdalen College, Oxford, spelled without the final “e.”