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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
6. Quiet Radical: Contributions of Sir Arthur Lewis
Author : Jerome Teelucksingh
Published in: Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of the Afro-Caribbean
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
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Abstract
William Arthur Lewis was born in 1915 in St. Lucia, a British West Indian colony. After completion of high school, he attained an Island Scholarship. However, before entering university, he worked as a clerk in the public service. During this time he became close friends with Eric Williams—the future prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Lewis completed his undergraduate degree and PhD at the prestigious London School of Economics. He would be best known for his contribution to the field of Development Economics. During the 1950s and 1960s, this was a particularly useful field for developing countries that were in the transition stage of decolonization.