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Timeline of C.S. Lewis's Life

From Belfast to the Kilns, key dates in a life, year by year.

A life

De Belfast à Oxford
  • 1898: birth in Belfast.
  • 1950–1956: the seven Chronicles of Narnia.
  • 1963: death in Oxford.
  • 1898: 29 November: birth of Clive Staples Lewis in Belfast.
  • 1905: the family moves to Little Lea, a large house full of books. Jack and Warnie invent Boxen.
  • 1908: death of his mother, Flora. Boarding school at Wynyard School (Watford).
  • 1913: Malvern College, which he hated.
  • 1914: begins tutoring with W.T. Kirkpatrick. Meets Arthur Greeves, a lifelong friend.
  • 1916: reads Phantastes by George MacDonald.
  • 1917: enters University College, Oxford, then enlists. Arrives at the front on his 19th birthday.
  • 1918: 15 April: wounded at Mont-Bernanchon, near Béthune (Pas-de-Calais), during the Battle of the Lys. Death of Paddy Moore (March).
  • 1919: returns to Oxford. Publishes Spirits in Bondage.
  • 1925: Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
  • 1926: publishes Dymer. Meets J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • 1929: admits the existence of God. Death of his father.
  • 1930: buys the Kilns with Warnie and Mrs Moore.
  • 1931: September: conversation on Addison’s Walk, then conversion to Christianity.
  • 1933: publishes The Pilgrim’s Regress. Begins the Inklings (1930s).
  • 1936: publishes The Allegory of Love.
  • 1938: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • 1939: The Horse and His Boy.
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  • 1941: hosts evacuated schoolgirls at the Kilns. Begins writing the story of the wardrobe.
  • 1942: The Screwtape Letters.
  • 1943: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Abolition of Man.
  • 1945: That Hideous Strength; The Great Divorce.
  • 1947: Miracles. 8 September: featured on the cover of Time magazine.
  • 1950: 16 October: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • 1951: death of Mrs Moore. 15 October: Prince Caspian.
  • 1952: 15 September: The Horse and His Boy. Mere Christianity. Meets Joy Davidman.
  • 1953: 7 September: The Silver Chair.
  • 1954: Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. 6 September: The Horse and His Boy.
  • 1955: 2 May: The Magician’s Nephew. 19 September: Surprised by Joy.
  • 1956: 19 March: The Last Battle (Carnegie Medal). 23 April: civil marriage to Joy. 10 September: A Grief Observed.
  • 1957: 21 March: religious marriage at Joy’s bedside.
  • 1960: The Four Loves. Trip to Greece. Death of Joy (13 July).
  • 1961: publishes The Four Loves under a pseudonym.
  • 1963: resigns from Cambridge. Dies at the Kilns, 22 November.
  • 2013: commemorative plaque in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey, for the 50th anniversary of his death.
  • timeline —
    • 1898 — 29 November: birth of Clive Staples Lewis in Belfast. — Belfast
    • 1905 — The family moves to Little Lea, a large house full of books. Jack and Warnie invent Boxen. — Belfast — Boxen
    • 1908 — Death of his mother, Flora. Boarding school at Wynyard School (Watford). — Watford
    • 1913 — Malvern College, which he hates. — Malvern
    • 1914 — Begins tutoring with W.T. Kirkpatrick. Meets Arthur Greeves, a lifelong friend. — Great Bookham
    • 1916 — Reads Phantastes by George MacDonald.
    • 1917 — Enrolls at University College, Oxford, then joins the army. Arrives at the front on his 19th birthday. — France
    • 1918 — 15 April: wounded at Mont-Bernanchon, near Béthune (Pas-de-Calais), during the Battle of Lys. Death of Paddy Moore (March). — Pas-de-Calais
    • 1919 — Returns to Oxford. Publishes Spirits in Bondage. — Oxford — Spirits in Bondage
    • 1925 — Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. — Oxford
    • 1926 — Publishes Dymer. Meets J.R.R. Tolkien. — Oxford — Dymer
    • 1929 — Acknowledges the existence of God. Death of his father. — Oxford
    • 1930 — Buys the Kilns with Warnie and Mrs Moore. — Headington
    • 1931 — September: conversation at Addison's Walk, then converts to Christianity. — Oxford
    • 1933 — The Pilgrim's Regress. Begins the Inklings (1930s). — Oxford — The Pilgrim's Regress
    • 1936 — The Allegory of Love. — Oxford — The Allegory of Love
    • 1938 — Out of the Silent Planet. — Out of the Silent Planet
    • 1939 — Welcomes evacuated schoolgirls to the Kilns. Writes the first lines of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. — Headington
    • 1940 — The Problem of Pain. — The Problem of Pain
    • 1941 — BBC radio talks (until 1944). — London — Broadcast Talks
    • 1942 — The Screwtape Letters. — The Screwtape Letters
    • 1943 — Perelandra; The Abolition of Man. — Perelandra — The Abolition of Man
    • 1945 — That Hideous Strength; The Great Divorce. — That Hideous Strength
    • 1947 — Miracles. 8 September: featured on the cover of Time magazine. — Miracles
    • 1950 — 16 October: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • 1951 — Death of Mrs Moore. 15 October: Prince Caspian. — Prince Caspian
    • 1952 — 15 September: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Meets Joy Davidman. — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    • 1953 — 7 September: The Silver Chair. — The Silver Chair
    • 1954 — Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. 6 September: The Horse and His Boy. — Cambridge — The Horse and His Boy
    • 1955 — 2 May: The Magician's Nephew. 19 September: Surprised by Joy. — The Magician's Nephew
    • 1956 — 19 March: The Last Battle (Carnegie Medal). 23 April: civil marriage with Joy. 10 September: Till We Have Faces. — Till We Have Faces
    • 1957 — 21 March: religious marriage at Joy's bedside. — Oxford
    • 1960 — The Four Loves. Trip to Greece. Death of Joy (13 July). — The Four Loves
    • 1961 — Under a pseudonym: A Grief Observed.
    • 1963 — Resigns from Cambridge. Dies at the Kilns, 22 November. — Headington

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