nPostednon November 29, 2014
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Manynof us do not recognize today’s birthday boy (born in 1898) when we see his photo.
Manynof us do not recognize today’s birthday boy (born in 1898) when we see his photo.n
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nWe (most of us) do not recognize him when we hear his whole name: Clive Staples Lewis.
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nWendon’t even recognize the name his friends used: Jack Lewis. (I’m notnsure how you get the nickname “Jack” when your name isnClive…but, oh, well!)
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nButnmany people recognize the author C. S. Lewis. He wrote The Lion,nthe Witch, and the Wardrobe, and a whole lot more books for kidsnand adults.
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Inalways thought that C. S. Lewis was from England, or at least fromnGreat Britain, but actually he was born in Belfast when it was stillna part of Ireland. The island of Ireland was partitioned in 1921 intonthe Republic of Ireland (which is its own, completely independentnnation) and Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom.n(Remember, the United Kingdom’s longer name is “the United Kingdomnof Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And Great Britain itself isnmade up of Wales, Scotland, and England.) From the time of thenpartitioning on, Belfast was the capital of Northern Ireland.
Inalways thought that C. S. Lewis was from England, or at least fromnGreat Britain, but actually he was born in Belfast when it was stillna part of Ireland. The island of Ireland was partitioned in 1921 intonthe Republic of Ireland (which is its own, completely independentnnation) and Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom.n(Remember, the United Kingdom’s longer name is “the United Kingdomnof Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And Great Britain itself isnmade up of Wales, Scotland, and England.) From the time of thenpartitioning on, Belfast was the capital of Northern Ireland.n
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nDespitenthe fact that C. S. Lewis was born in Ireland, he lived most of hisnlife in England. He taught at both Oxford and Cambridge, and he andnhis good buddy J. R. R. Tolkien (of Lord of the Rings fame)nwere both members of the literary group called the Inklings.
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C.nS. Lewis wrote science fiction, fantasy, other fiction, andnnon-fiction. Certainly his seven-volume Chronicles of Narnian(The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe being the first) arenhis best known works.
C.nS. Lewis wrote science fiction, fantasy, other fiction, andnnon-fiction. Certainly his seven-volume Chronicles of Narnian(The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe being the first) arenhis best known works.n
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nTo celebrate C. S. Lewis, read the books…
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n…watch the 2006 movie…
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nAlsonon this date:
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nPhysicistnChristian Doppler’s birthday
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nAuthornLouisa May Alcott’s birthday
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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