Sir William Arthur Lewis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economist
gptkb:professor
author
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-01-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Castries,_Saint_Lucia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Lewis
gptkb:Barbara_Lewis
gptkbp:deathDate 1991-06-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bridgetown,_Barbados
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Arnold_Plant
gptkbp:employer gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean
gptkbp:field development economics
history
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Arthur Lewis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arthur_Lewis_model
gptkb:Amartya_Sen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Lewis_two-sector_model
development economics
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:British_Academy
gptkbp:nationality Saint Lucian
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1979
pioneering research into economic development with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Economic_Development_with_Unlimited_Supplies_of_Labour
gptkb:The_Theory_of_Economic_Growth
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
gptkb:professor
author
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkbp:signature William Arthur Lewis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Gladys_Jacobs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arthur_Lewis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5