CS Lewis

This term 4/5j are and the reading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. Here are some facts about the life of CS Lewis.

• brought up in a very strict, religious household


• born November 29 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland


• attended Campbell College Belfast


• studied at Cherbourg School, Malvern England


• won scholarship to University College, Oxford


• from April 26 until September, Lewis was a student at University College


• was wounded on Mount Berenchon during the Battle of Arras


• tutor in English Language and Literature for 29 years


• became a theist in 1929


• became a Christian in September 1931