W. Arthur Lewis

W. Arthur Lewis

Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Lifespan
1915 – 1991
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Castries
Educated at
London School of Economics and Political Science
Awards
🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 honorary doctorate🏆 Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association🏆 honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Arnold Plant

Timeline

  • 1915

    Born

    Birth
  • 1991

    Died

    Death

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