- C.S. Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian
- He's best known for The Chronicles of Narnia
- Find more facts about C.S. Lewis below
| Real name: | Clive Staples Lewis | | Born: | 29 November 1898 Comment | | When did C. S. Lewis die? / Died | 22 November 1963 | | How many years did C. S. Lewis live? / Lived | 64 years | | Where was C. S. Lewis born? | Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. | | Where did C. S. Lewis die? / Deathplace | Oxford, England, U.K. | | Nicknames: | Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk | | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
C. S. Lewis Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is C. S. Lewis worth? | $6,000,000
| | Hair color: | Gray | | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who was C. S. Lewis? / Facts
- Family and early life - Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland.
His father was Albert James Lewis, a solicitor whose father Richard had come to Ireland from Wales during the mid-19th century.
His mother was Florence Augusta Lewis, née Hamilton.
He had an elder brother, Warren Hamilton Lewis (known as "Warnie").
When Lewis was 7, his family moved into "Little Lea", the family home of his childhood, in the Strandtown area of East Belfast.
- Education - Lewis was schooled by private tutors until age nine when his mother died in 1908 from cancer.
His father then sent him to live and study at Wynyard School in Watford, Hertfordshire.
The school was closed not long afterward due to a lack of pupils, so Lewis then attended Campbell College in the east of Belfast about a mile from his home, but left after a few months due to respiratory problems.
He was then sent to the health-resort town of Malvern, Worcestershire, where he attended the preparatory school Cherbourg House.
In September 1913, Lewis enrolled at Malvern College, where he remained until the following June.
He found the school socially competitive.
After leaving Malvern, he studied privately with William T. Kirkpatrick, his father's old tutor and former headmaster of Lurgan College.
In 1916, Lewis was awarded a scholarship at University College, Oxford.
- Professorship - He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963).
- Writings - He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
- Legacy - Lewis wrote more than 30 books, which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies.
The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularised on stage, TV, radio, and cinema.
To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.
His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian apologists from many denominations.
- Trivia - When his dog Jacksie was killed by a car, the 4-year old Lewis adopted the name Jacksie.
At first, he would answer to no other name, but later accepted Jack, the name by which he was known to friends and family for the rest of his life.
- Religion - During teenage years Lewis abandoned his childhood Christian faith and became an atheist, becoming interested in mythology and the occult. He became an atheist at age 15.
He returned to his faith, having been influenced by arguments with his Oxford colleague and Christian friend J. R. R. Tolkien, whom he first met on 11 May 1926, and the book The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton.
Lewis and Tolkien both served on the English faculty at Oxford University and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings.
After his conversion to theism in 1929, Lewis converted to Christianity in 1931, following a long discussion during a late-night walk with his close friends Tolkien and Hugo Dyson.
Lewis's faith profoundly affected his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim.
- Honors declined - Lewis was named on the last list of honours by George VI in December 1951 as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), but he declined so as to avoid association with any political issues.
- Personal life - In 1956, Lewis married American writer Joy Davidman.
She died of cancer 4 years later at the age of 45.
- Children - 2 step-sons, including Douglas Gresham, an American British stage and voice-over actor, biographer, film producer, and executive record producer.
- Health - In early June 1961, Lewis began suffering from nephritis, which resulted in blood poisoning.
His health gradually began improving in 1962, and Lewis was fully himself by early 1963.
On 15 July that year, he fell ill and was admitted to the hospital - he suffered a heart attack at 5:00 pm the next day, and lapsed into a coma, unexpectedly waking the following day at 2:00 pm.
After he was discharged from the hospital, Lewis returned to the Kilns, though he was too ill to return to work.
As a result, he resigned from his post at Cambridge in August.
- Death - Lewis's condition continued to decline, and he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure in mid-November.
He collapsed in his bedroom at 5:30 pm on 22 November, exactly one week before his 65th birthday, and died a few minutes later.
In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Lewis was honoured with a memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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Education
- Wynyard School in Watford, Hertfordshire
- Campbell College in the east of Belfast
- Cherbourg House in Malvern, Worcestershire
- Malvern College
- University College, Oxford
Quotes
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
What you see and hear depends on where you are standing, and on what kind of person you are.
When the whole World is running towards the edge of a cliff, he who runs in the opposite direction seems to have lost his mind.
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.
There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
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Net worth: $6,000,000
