Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for C. S. Lewis across 6 places, from 1898 to 1954.
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Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where C. S. Lewis was documented, and when
29 November 1898exact date
Belfastattested“Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in Ulster, Ireland (before partition), on 29 November 1898.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
29 November 1898exact date
Ulsterattested“Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in Ulster, Ireland (before partition), on 29 November 1898.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1918year
Greeceattested“Earlier that year, the couple took a brief holiday in Greece and the Aegean; Lewis was fond of walking but not of travel, and this marked his only crossing of the English Channel after 1918.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1921year
Oxfordattested“He writes plays and poems of rare spirit and beauty about our old Irish mythology." In 1921 Lewis met Yeats twice, since Yeats had moved to Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1930year
The Kilnsattested“In 1930 Lewis moved into The Kilns with his brother Warnie, Mrs.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1954year
Magdalene College, Cambridgeattested“In 1954 Lewis accepted the newly founded chair in Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he finished his career.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
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29 January 1899exact date
St Mark's Church, Dundelamentioned“He was baptized on 29 January 1899 by his maternal grandfather in St Mark's Church, Dundela.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
September 1913month
Malvern, Worcestershirementioned“In September 1913 Lewis enrolled at Malvern College, where he remained until the following June.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
September 1913month
Malvern Collegementioned“In September 1913 Lewis enrolled at Malvern College, where he remained until the following June.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1916year
University College, Oxfordmentioned“In 1916, Lewis was awarded a scholarship at University College, Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1917year
Oxfordmentioned“Paul Stevens of the University of Toronto opined that "Lewis' mere Christianity masked many of the political prejudices of an old-fashioned Ulster Protestant, a native of middle-class Belfast for whom British withdrawal from Northern Ire…”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1917year
University College, Oxfordmentioned“Paul Stevens of the University of Toronto opined that "Lewis' mere Christianity masked many of the political prejudices of an old-fashioned Ulster Protestant, a native of middle-class Belfast for whom British withdrawal from Northern Ire…”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1917year
Northern Irelandmentioned“Paul Stevens of the University of Toronto opined that "Lewis' mere Christianity masked many of the political prejudices of an old-fashioned Ulster Protestant, a native of middle-class Belfast for whom British withdrawal from Northern Ire…”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
29 November 1917exact date
River Sommementioned“On his 19th birthday (29 November 1917) Lewis arrived at the front line in the Somme Valley in France, where he experienced trench warfare for the first time.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
29 November 1917exact date
Francementioned“On his 19th birthday (29 November 1917) Lewis arrived at the front line in the Somme Valley in France, where he experienced trench warfare for the first time.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1920 to 1923period
Oxfordmentioned“After Lewis returned to Oxford, he received a First in Honour Moderations (Greek and Latin literature) in 1920, a First in Greats (Philosophy and Ancient History) in 1922 and a First in English in 1923.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1924 to 1954period
University College, Oxfordmentioned“In 1924 he became a philosophy tutor at University College and, in 1925, was elected a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Magdalen College, where he served for 29 years until 1954.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1939year
The Kilnsmentioned“After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the Lewises took child evacuees from London and other cities into The Kilns.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1939year
Londonmentioned“After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the Lewises took child evacuees from London and other cities into The Kilns.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
1941 to 1943period
Londonmentioned“From 1941 to 1943 Lewis spoke on religious programmes broadcast by the BBC from London while the city was under periodic air raids.”source: Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis
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