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C. S. Lewis
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British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
- Child of Albert James Lewis and Florence Augusta Hamilton
- Married to Joy Davidman
- Dated 29 November 1898 CE – 22 November 1963 CE
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Family tree
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Family 6
- child of (father) Albert James Lewis (1863-1929)
- child of (mother) Florence Augusta Hamilton (1862-1908)
- parent of (adoptive) David Gresham (1944-2014)
- parent of (adoptive) Douglas Gresham American-British actor, biographer and film producer
- sibling of Warren Lewis Irish author (1895-1973)
- married to Joy Davidman American poet (1915–1960)
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
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- Beatrix Potter British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
- Dante Alighieri Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
- Edith Nesbit English author and poet (1858–1924)
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)
- Evelyn Underhill British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941)
- G. K. Chesterton English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
- Geoffrey Chaucer 14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
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- George MacDonald Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)
- H. G. Wells English writer (1866–1946)
- H. Rider Haggard English adventure novelist (1856–1925)
- J. R. R. Tolkien English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
- John Milton English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
- Joseph Butler English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)
- Plato 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
- Thomas Traherne English poet
- William Blake English poet and artist (1757–1827)
- William Butler Yeats Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
- William Morris textile designer, artist, writer, printer (1834–1896)
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