Sir Arthur Lewis

Sir Arthur Lewis, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1915-01-23 in Castries, British West Indies (now Saint Lucia)

Gender: male

Field: Saint Lucian economist and Nobel laureate (1915–1991)

Biography

Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis was known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1979

Awarded on: 1979-10-16

"for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries"

Affiliations:

  • Princeton University – Princeton, NJ, USA
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