W. A. Lewis

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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:order_of_merit
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:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkb:University_of_the_West_Indies
gptkbp:ethnicity Afro-Caribbean
gptkbp:field development economics
economics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_William_Arthur_Lewis
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. A. Lewis
gptkbp:influenced development economics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes
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:notableStudent gptkb:Amartya_Sen
gptkb:Manmohan_Singh
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Lewis_model
gptkb:Theory_of_Economic_Growth
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:positionHeld Professor at University of Manchester
Professor at Princeton University
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Economic_Journal
gptkb:The_Manchester_School
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:signature W. A. Lewis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Gladys_Jacobs
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:W._Arthur_Lewis:_Pioneer_of_Development_Economics_(biography)
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