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| - C.S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis, or Jack to his friends) (November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963), was a good friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the author of The Chronicles of Narnia book series. Lewis was a member of The Inklings literary society, with Tolkien and his son Christopher.
- C.S. Lewis is the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, among other things, and probably spins in his grave almost as much as his friend J.R.R. Tolkien these days (see DoDAEG). The movie Shadowlands is a biography of his life with his wife Joy. It follows their story from their first meeting to her illness and death.
- Clive Staples Lewis (29 November, 1898 – 22 November, 1963) was a famous Christian author and scholar who lived in England. Lewis is especially known for the children's series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland. He adopted the name "Jack" which is how he was known to his friends. In addition to his novels he is known for his work on medieval literature and for his Christian apologetics.
- Lewis is also well known for ticking off loads of annoying young "atheist" scholars with his Christian allegories, though he never actually said that's what they were, but being atheists, they screamed bloody murder and "OPPRESSION!!!!" any time someone praised they books anyway.
- The Lewis Trilemma is an apologetical argument for the divinity of Jesus, invented c. 1844 by preacher Mark Hopkins (published 1846 in Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity) and popularized by C.S. Lewis on BBC radio, hence the name of the trilemma. The argument is also known as "liar, lunatic, or Lord," or "myth, madman, or messiah" referring to the three given parts of the trilemma.
- Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish writer and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature, Christian apologetics, literary criticism, and fiction. He is best known today for his series The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Lewis was a close friend of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Both authors were leading figures in the English faculty at Oxford University and in the informal Oxford literary group known as the "Inklings". According to his memoir Surprised by Joy, Lewis had been baptised in the Church of Ireland at birth, but fell away from his faith during his adolescence. Owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, at about the age of 30, Lewis re-converted to Christianity, becoming "a very ordinary layman of the Church of England". His conversion had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim. Later in his life he married the American writer Joy Davidman, who died of bone cancer four years later a
- Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends as Jack, was an Irish academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy. Lewis's works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies over the years. The books that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularised on stage, in TV, in radio, and in cinema.
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