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Arthur Lewis

(23 January, 1915 – 15 June, 1991)

William Arthur Lewis was the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy at the Victoria University of Manchester, in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, from 1948 until 1957.

During this time, he published his seminal work in Development and Growth Economics for which he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1979, jointly with Theodore Schultz.

Childhood and upbringing

Lewis was born in Castries, Saint Lucia, the fourth of five children, and his parents were both school teachers. His father died when Arthur was just seven, and his mother raised the five children alone.

He was always a gifted student and, following tuition from his father, was promoted two classes ahead of his age completing his primary schooling at the age of 14.

Early studies

He then went to work as a clerk in the civil service until he was old enough to apply for a Government Scholarship to attend a British University. This he successfully achieved and in 1932 went to the London School of Economics to read for the Bachelor of Comme

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W. Arthur Lewis: West Indian Economist & Nobel Laureate

W. Arthur Lewis became a shining star of the British West Indies. He was a sickly child who was taken out of school due to an ailment. Lewis, the son of two teachers, would be homeschooled by his father. His father did such a stupendous job that upon reentry to school young Lewis was advanced two grades.

Lewis excelled at his studies which assured his path to tertiary education. It was an arduous journey that one took to earn a university admission. In that era you had to earn a scholarship to a university, usually in Britain. Since he was a student who skipped two grades, Lewis naturally graduated early, but as a result had to wait two years to sit the exam that would lead to a scholarship. In the interim he took a job with St. Lucia's Department of Agriculture.

Finally, in 1932 Lewis won the coveted scholarship by successfully passing the London Matriculation Examination. This scholarship covered all undergraduate fees at any university in the United Kingdom (Mosley and Ingham 2013, 9). Lewis chose the London School

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W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics

"Tignor's book is one for enthusiasts of development, of social science research and of African history. It is long, closely written, tightly researched and scrupulously comprehensive."—Lawrence Haddad, Times Higher Education Supplement

"This book can be read on two levels. On the human level, it is the story of triumph against adversity. . . . [A]t the level of the contribution made by a professional economist to economic development, this book reads as a story of intellectual failure in the face of political reality. . . . Each of these chapters is thoroughly researched, judiciously blending discussions of Lewis's personal life and of the changes taking place in the world."—Ranald Michie, Business History Review

"In this splendid intellectual biography, Robert L. Tignor examines Lewis's career and thought, giving particular emphasis to his experiences in Africa. . . . This is an important biography, and one that will benefit scholars seeking to understand the enormous gap between economic aspirations