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1915–1991 United Kingdom

Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979 he and Theodore Schultz won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

United Kingdom
Economists
Nobel laureates

Also known as: Arthur Lewis (economist), William Arthur Lewis

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I had no idea in 1933 what economics was, but I did well in the subject from the start, and when I graduated in 1937 with first class honours LSE gave me a scholarship to do a PhD in industrial economics.

Lewis (1979)

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