C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis Fact File:
Full Name: Clive Staples Lewis
Date of Birth: 29 November 1898
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Brothers: Warren Hamilton Lewis (1895 - 1973)
Sisters: None
Famous friends: A. J. P. Taylor; J. R. R. Tolkien
Date of Death: Friday 22 November 1963
Place of Death: Oxford, England
Key dates:
16 June 1895: W. H. Lewis born
29 November 1898: C. S. Lewis born.
23 August 1908: C. S. Lewis's mother dies.
20 May 1925: Becomes fellow in English Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford.
29 September 1929: C. S. Lewis's father dies.
16 October 1950: 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' published in Britain.
4 June 1954: Becomes Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
23 April 1956: Civil marriage between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham (nee Davidman)
21 March 1957: Christian marriage between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham.
22 November 1963: C. S. Lewis dies.
9 April 1973: W. H. Lewis dies.
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Unusual facts:
- He could not drive
- There was a joint missing from both his thumbs
- Appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1947
- Refused an O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire)
- Died on the same day as J. F. Kennedy was assassinated
Situated on the outskirts of Oxford is the Kilns, the house in
which C. S. Lewis lived for most of his adult life. When I
visited the Kilns in 1996 restoration
work was taking place thanks to an American Christian
organisation who now owns the property.
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