| | Between October 1924 and May 1925, Lewis held the post of philosophy tutor at University College, Oxford while the permanent tutor, E.F. Carritt, took an absence for study leave in the [[United States of America|America]]. In 1925, he was made a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and tutored there until 1954, when he accepted the Chair in, and became first Professor of, Medieval and Renaissance English at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Among many of his students at Magdalen College was the poet [[John Betjeman]], although there was no friendship between them - Lewis disliked Betjeman's relaxed attitude towards his work, including Betjeman appearing in tutorials still wearing his bedroom slippers.<ref>'''Manwaring, Randle''', ''John Betjeman - a centenary view'' reproduced in [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150351788.html HighBeam Encyclopedia] (2006)</ref> | | Between October 1924 and May 1925, Lewis held the post of philosophy tutor at University College, Oxford while the permanent tutor, E.F. Carritt, took an absence for study leave in the [[United States of America|America]]. In 1925, he was made a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and tutored there until 1954, when he accepted the Chair in, and became first Professor of, Medieval and Renaissance English at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Among many of his students at Magdalen College was the poet [[John Betjeman]], although there was no friendship between them - Lewis disliked Betjeman's relaxed attitude towards his work, including Betjeman appearing in tutorials still wearing his bedroom slippers.<ref>'''Manwaring, Randle''', ''John Betjeman - a centenary view'' reproduced in [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150351788.html HighBeam Encyclopedia] (2006)</ref> |