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Sir Arthur Lewis

nobel prize for economics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Sir Arthur Lewis
Full Name
of the recipient		Sir Arthur Lewis
AwardSveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Year of Award1979
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withTheodore W. Schultz (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Place of BirthCastries, British West Indies (now known as Saint Lucia LCA)
Date of Birth23 January 1915
Age
at the time of Award		63 years
Place of DeathBridgetown, Barbados BDS
Date of Death15 June 1991
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