A C.S. Lewis Chronology
Adapted from Lyle Dorsett (1988) and Wayne Hammond (7/98)
by Richard James (11/98)
1898 Clive Staples Lewis
born On 29 November in
1908 His mother, Flora
Lewis, dies of cancer On 23 August.
In September he is sent to
school at Wynyard in
1910 He attends
1911 Returns to
1913
1914 Moves to
1916 Reads George
MacDonald's Phantastes. This book, he wrote,
"baptized" his imagination. MacDonald, he later claimed, was quoted
in every book he subsequently published.
1917 Begins his studies
at University College, Oxford, in April; meets "Paddy" Moore and his
mother, Mrs. Janie Moore; commissioned a second lieutenant in the Somerset
Light Infantry in September; goes to the front in November.
1918
Wounded in action in April.
1919 Returns to
University College and meets Owen Barfield and A.C. Harwood; sets up second
household with Mrs. Moore; publishes Spirits in Bondage under the
pseudonym Clive Hamilton.
1920 Takes a First in
Honour Moderations (midway examinations).
1922 Takes a First in
Greats (classics and philosophy), and awarded the B. A.
1923 Takes a First in
English Language and Literature in the
1924
Assumes duties as tutor at
1925 Elected Fellow in
English Language and Literature at
1926 Publishes Dymer under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton;.First recorded meeting with Tolkien.
1929 His father, Albert
J. Lewis, dies in
1930 Lewis, his brother
Warren, Mrs. Moore, and Maureen move into "The Kilns" in Oxford;
meets Hugo Dyson
1931 Meets with Dyson
and Tolkien and a few days later confesses
belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and becomes a regular communicant in
the Church of England.
1933 Publishes The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for
Christianity, Reason and Romanticism under his own name
1934 Meets Dr. Humphrey Havard
1936 Publishes The
Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition.
1938 Publishes Out of
the Silent Planet.
1939 Publishes The Personal Heresy A Controversy, with E. M.
W. Tillyard; publishes Rehabilitations and Other
Essays; Charles Williams moves to
1940 Publishes The Problem of Pain;
1941 Begins lectures on
Christianity to members of the Royal Air Force; Begins
a series of over twenty talks on the British Broadcasting Corporation radio.
1942 First meeting of
the Oxford Socratic Club in January; Publishes Broadcast Talks, a small
book based on his 1941 and 1942 BBC radio lectures; publishes The Screwtape Letters; publishes A Preface to Paradise
Lost
1943 Publishes The Abolition of Man; publishes Christian
Behaviour; publishes Perelandra;
1944 Publishes Beyond
Personality
1945 Charles Williams
dies; publishes That Hideous Strength; publishes The Great Divorce;
1946 Edits George
MacDonald: An Anthology
1947 Publishes Miracles:
A Preliminary Study; edits Essays Presented to Charles Williams; picture
on the cover of Time magazine
1948 Publishes Arthurian
Torso.
1949 Publishes Transposition
and Other Addresses.
1950 Receives his first
letter from Joy Davidman; publishes The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe.
1951 Publishes Prince
Caspian; Mrs. Janie Moore dies
1952 Publishes Mere
Christianity; publishes The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
meets Joy Davidman;
1953 Publishes The Silver Chair
1954 Joy Davidman divorces William Gresham; Publishes The Horse
and His Boy; publishes English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
Excluding Drama; gives his inaugural address "De Descriptione
Temporum";
1955 Becomes Professor
of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at
1956 Publishes The Last
1957
Marries Joy Davidman in an Anglican ceremony in
March.
1958 Publishes Reflections
on the Psalms.
1960 Publishes The
Four Loves; His wife, Joy, dies on 13 July; publishes Studies in Words;
publishes The World's Last Night and Other Essays;
1961 Publishes A Grief Observed; publishes An Experiment
in Criticism.
1962 Publishes They
Asked for a Paper.
1963 Meets Walter Hooper
in June
Dies on 22 November, the
same day Aldous Huxley and John F. Kennedy died.
1964 Letters to
Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer and The Discarded Image which he had
finished are published; Poems edited by Hooper published
1966 Letters of C.S.
Lewis edited by Warren Lewis published; Studies in Medieval and
Renaissance Literature edited by Hooper published
1967 Letters to an
American Lady edited by Clyde Kilby published; Spenser's
Images of Life edited by Alistair Fowler published; Christian
Reflections edited by Hooper published
1969 Narrative Poems
edited by Hooper published; Selected Literary Essays edited by Hooper
published
1970 God in the Dock
edited by Hooper published
1973
1975 Fern-Seed and
Elephants and Other Essays on Christianity edited by Hooper published
1977 The Dark Tower edited
by Hooper published
1979 They Stand
Together edited by Hooper published
1982 Of This and
Other Worlds edited by Hooper published
1985 Letter of C.S.
Lewis to Children edited by Dorsett and Mead published; Boxen
edited by Hooper published
1986 Present Concerns
edited by Hooper published
1989 Letters of C.S.
Lewis and Don Giovanni Calabria edited by
Moynihan published
1990 Christian
Reunion and Other Essays edited by Hooper published
1991 All My Road Before Me edited by Hooper published
1994 The Collected
Poems of C.S. Lewis edited by Hooper published
2000
Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis. Volume 1: Family Letters (1905-1931) edited by Hooper
published
Adapted from http://www.crlamppost.org/cslchron.htm
Academic year 2008/2009
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