British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (born 1898)

C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain.

Born

1898

November 29

Died

1963

Era

1890s

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1898 Born
1963 Died

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561 Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
618 The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
903 The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.

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The world in 1963

When C. departed

april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Also born in 1898

Benjamin Fondane 1898– Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944) Bertolt Brecht 1898–1956 German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898) Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1898– German-American author and illustrator (died 1986) Firpo Marberry 1898–1976 American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) Fredric Warburg 1898–1981 English author and publisher (born 1898) Fritz Zwicky 1898– Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) George Gershwin 1898–1937 American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898) Gracie Fields 1898–1979 English actress and singer (died 1979) Hans Krebs 1898– German general (died 1945)

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