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The chair in Medieval and Renaissance English (1954) is a professorship in English literature at Cambridge University. It was created in 1954 for C. S. Lewis, and is unusual among professorships in this field in uniting 'medieval' and 'renaissance' categories and fields of study.

Professors of Medieval and Renaissance English

• C. S. Lewis, 1954
• J. A. W. Bennett, 1964
• John Stevens, 1978
• Jill Mann, 1988
• James Simpson, 1999
• Helen Cooper, 2005
• Nicolette Zeeman, 2016
• Anthony Bale, 2024

References

1. "Nicky Zeeman appointed as Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English". Medieval Research Group. Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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