2. Contents Page
1: CS Lewis Birth
2: The Writing of Narnia
3: CS Lewis and JJR
Tolkien
4: Being a Christian
5: Illness & Death
3. Clive Staples Lewis was born on
November 29th 1898 in Belfast Ireland.
From 1914-16 CS Lewis went to a private
school for English.
He was awarded a scholarship for Oxford
Unversity in December 1916.
4. CS Lewis started writing the books for Narnia in
1950. He wrote 7 books called:
Book 1 - The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Book 2 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(1950)
Book 3 - The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Book 4 - Prince Caspian (1951)
Book 5 - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
Book 6 - The Silver Chair (1953)
Book 7 - The Last Battle (1956).
CS Lewis started writing all the chronicles in 1939
but he didn’t finish the books until 1954. All 3 of the
books have been made into films.
5. What Year did CS Lewis meet JJR
Tolkien?
CS Lewis meet JJR Tolkien in the year of
1926
On 11th May.
Where did they meet?
They regularly met in a pub called the
Eagle and Child in Oxford. They were par
of a group of writers called the Inklings
who meet every Tuesday morning.
6. Lewis converted to Christianity in
1931, following a late night talk with
his friends JJR Tolkien and Hugo
Dyson.
He records making a specific
commitment to Christian belief while
on his way to the zoo with his brother.
He became a member of the Church of
England – somewhat to the
disappointment of Tolkien, who had
hoped that he would join the Catholic
Church.
7. On the 15th July 1963, CS Lewis fell ill
and went to hospital.
The next day he suffered a heart attack
at 5pm and went into a coma. He woke
up the next day at 2pm.
He was released from hospital but his
health continued to decline until he
was diagnosed with renal failure.
On the 22nd of November 1963 He
collapsed at home and died a few
minutes later. This was exactly one
week before his 65th birthday.
8. He is buried in Headington Oxford
near Warrie his brother in Holy
Trinity Church.
His legacy remains and people can
watch and read the books of Narnia
and visit his grave in Oxford.
I hope you enjoy my presentation on
CS Lewis.
