Clive Staples Lewis

C. S. Lewis ... Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963).

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Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. Lewis ...

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C.S. Lewis: His Life and Works Clive Staples "C.S." Lewis was born on in Belfast, Ireland (see chronology). He died on , the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He had only one sibling, a brother, Warren, who was three years older and with whom he remained friends all his life. C.S. Lewis' earliest memories involve "endless books" in the ...

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1898 Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29 in Belfast, Ireland (Northern Ireland today), to Albert J. Lewis (1863-1929) and Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis (1862-1908). His brother Warren Hamilton Lewis had been born on . 1905 The Lewis family moved to their new home, “Little Lea,” on the outskirts of Belfast. 1908 Flora Hamilton Lewis died of cancer on August 23, Albert ...

Irish-born academic, writer and Christian apologist Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963). As a fellow and tutor of Magdalen College, he taught at Oxford from 1925 to 1954.

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Early Life Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, on , to Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis.

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