W. Arthur Lewis

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gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-01-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Castries,_Saint_Lucia
gptkbp:causeOfDeath renal failure
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Lewis
gptkb:Barbara_Lewis
gptkbp:deathDate 1991-06-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bridgetown,_Barbados
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gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:ethnicity Afro-Caribbean
gptkbp:field development economics
economics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Arthur_Lewis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. Arthur Lewis
gptkbp:influenced development economics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes
gptkbp:knownFor dual-sector model
pioneering work in development economics
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Theodore_W._Schultz
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1979
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gptkb:Kwesi_Botchwey
gptkb:Sir_Alister_McIntyre
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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:religion gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkbp:signature W. Arthur Lewis signature.svg
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