1915 - 1991
Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis was known for his contributions in the field of economic development. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. Arthur Lewis has received more than 1,090,225 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). W. Arthur Lewis is the 123rd most popular economist (down from 85th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Saint Lucia and the most popular Saint Lucian Economist.
W. Arthur Lewis is most famous for his theory of economic development, which he first proposed in 1954. The theory states that the process of economic development is a two-step process: an initial phase where capital is scarce and labor abundant, and a second phase where capital becomes abundant and labor scarce.
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Among economists, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 123 out of 315. Before him are William Beveridge, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Finn E. Kydland, Thomas Schelling, Oskar Morgenstern, and George Stigler. After him are James Meade, Robert Fogel, Zhou Youguang, Adolph Wagner, Edward C. Prescott, and Michael Spence.
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 117
1773 - 1842
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 118
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 119
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 120
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 121
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 122
1915 - 1991
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 123
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 124
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 125
1906 - 2017
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 126
1835 - 1917
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 127
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 128
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1915, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 54. Before him are Terence Young, Laurent Schwartz, Peter Medawar, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Modibo Keïta, and Mario Monicelli. After him are Rashid Behbudov, Konstantin Simonov, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., László Csatáry, Gyula Zsengellér, and Don Budge. Among people deceased in 1991, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 51. Before him are Salvador Luria, Tom of Finland, James Irwin, Jerzy Kosiński, Ralph Bellamy, and George Stigler. After him are Lee Remick, Eric Carr, Henri de Lubac, Gene Roddenberry, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Alfonso García Robles.
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 48
1915 - 2002
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 49
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 50
1915 - 1996
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 51
1915 - 1977
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 52
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 53
1915 - 1991
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 54
1915 - 1989
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 55
1915 - 1979
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 56
1915 - 1944
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 57
1915 - 2013
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 58
1915 - 1999
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 59
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 60
1912 - 1991
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 45
1920 - 1991
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 46
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 47
1933 - 1991
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1904 - 1991
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 49
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 50
1915 - 1991
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 51
1935 - 1991
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 52
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 53
1896 - 1991
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 54
1921 - 1991
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 55
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 56
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
Among people born in Saint Lucia, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 2 out of 8. Before him are Derek Walcott (1930). After him are Philip J. Pierre (null), Joseph Marcell (1948), Pearlette Louisy (1946), Kenny Anthony (1951), Stephenson King (1958), and Levern Spencer (1984).
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1
1915 - 1991
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 2
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 29.04
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 21.18
Rank: 8
Among economists born in Saint Lucia, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 1.