From the 1920s to the 1950s, Lewis worked as a professor at Oxford’s Magdalen College, teaching English literature. He ultimately graduated from Oxford with a “triple first” in English, Classics, and Philosophy, an extremely prestigious achievement both then and now. Lewis fought in World War I while still an undergraduate, a traumatic experience that made him an atheist throughout his twenties. He excelled at Latin and Greek in school and won a prestigious scholarship to Oxford University. Growing up, Lewis was fascinated by mythology, particularly that of Scandinavia, Greece, and Ireland. His father was a Welsh solicitor and his mother was the daughter of an Anglican priest-Lewis’s early exposure to Christianity would influence his writing and thinking for the rest of his life.
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