Wednesday, 20 August 2014

FACE OF THE WEEK!

Sir William Arthur Lewis
Born: William Arthur Lewis
January 23, 1915
Castries , Saint Lucia, British
Windward Islands
Died :June 15, 1991 (aged 76)
Saint Michael , Barbados
Nationality: Saint Lucia, United Kingdom
Fields:Economics
Institutions: LSE (1938–1948)
University of Manchester
(1948–1958)
University of West Indies
(1959–1963)
Princeton University (1963–
1991)
Alma mater: LSE
Thesis: The economics of loyalty contracts
(1940)
Doctoral advisor: Sir Arnold Plant
Known for: Development Economics,Industrial
structure and History of the World Economy
Notable awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Sciences (1979)
Spouse:Glady Jacobs (m.1947), two
daughters

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