Biography CS Lewis

~Clive Staple Lewis ( C.s Lewis ) lived from 1898 -1963

~ he was born 1898 on November 29 in Belfast, Northern Ireland

~1911-1913 CS Lewis studied at Cherbourg School, Malvern England

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~ 1914-1916 philosophy and literay studies (Latin, Greek, French, German, and Italian) under the private tuition of W. T. Kirkpatrick

~ 1916 Won scholarship to University College, Oxford.
~ 1918 On April 15 Lewis was wounded on Mount Berenchon during the Battle of Arras. He recuperated and was returned to duty in October, being assigned to Ludgerhall, Andover, England. He was discharged in December 1918.
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~From January, 1919 until June, 1924, he resumed his studies at University College, Oxford
~ 1925 On May 20, Lewis was elected a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he served as tutor in English Language and Literature for 29 years until leaving for Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1954.

~1926 C.s Lewis published "Dymer," a book-length narrative poem, published under the pseudonym of Clive Hamilton.

~ 1931 CS Lewis became a Christian

~ 1939 At the outbreak of World War II in September, Charles Williams moved from London to Oxford with the Oxford University Press to escape the threat of German bombardment. He was thereafter a regular member of "The Inklings."

~ 1950 "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", book lewis narnia one- the first of the seven Chronicles of Narnia, was published.

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~ 1951 "Prince Caspian,book by lewis narnia " the second of the seven Chronicles of Narnia, was published. Mrs. Moore died on January 12. Since the previous April, she had been confined to a nursing home in Oxford.

~ 1952 book lewis narnia "The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader'," the third of the seven Chronicles of Narnia, was published.

~ 1953 chronicle of narnia book "The Silver Chair," the fourth of the seven Chronicles of Narnia, was published. biography cs lewis

~ 1954 cs lewis chronicle of narnia "The Horse and His Boy," the fifth of the seven Narnia Chronicles, was published.

~ 1955 "The Magician's Nephew," the sixth of the seven Chronicles of Narnia, was published and he also published his biography CS Lewis "Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life."
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~ 1956 "The Last Battle," the seventh and final book in the Chronicles of Narnia, was published
~ He recieived the Carnegie Medal in recognition of the achievement of The Chronicles of Narnia

1963 End of Biography CS Lewis with his death ~C.S Lewis died one week before his 65th birthday on Friday, November 22, after a variety of illnesses, including a heart attack and kidney problems.

~ His grave is in the yard of Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, Oxford ( see picture of narnia window in his honour below)
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Quote C.s.Lewis
"The odd thing was that before God closed in on me, I was in fact offered what now appears to be a moment of wholly free choice. I was going up Headington Hill on the top of a bus. Without words, and almost without images, a fact about myself was somehow presented to me. I became aware that I was holding something at bay. I felt myself being given a free choice. I could open the door or keep it shut. I chose to open. "


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