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Arthur Lewis Auditorium, the main auditorium of Robertson Hall, home of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, was named after him. [39] On 10 December 2020, the 41st anniversary of his receiving the Nobel Prize, Google celebrated the late Sir Arthur Lewis with a Google Doodle. [40] [41] [42]
The first black recipient, Ralph Bunche, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. W. Arthur Lewis became the first black recipient of a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1979. The most recent black laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021.
Among the 79 laureates, 44 are Nobel laureates in natural sciences; [a] 23 are Princeton alumni (graduates and attendees) and 31 have been Princeton faculty members; and subject-wise, 29 laureates have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, more than any other subject. In 2021, Princeton scholars and alumni received an unprecedented five Nobel Prizes. [b]
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
W. Arthur Lewis: Economics 1979 Princeton University: Edward B. Lewis: Physiology or Medicine 1995 California Institute of Technology: Willard Libby: Chemistry 1960 University of California, Los Angeles: Tomas Lindahl: Chemistry 2015 Clare Hall laboratories: Francis Crick Institute: Fritz Albert Lipmann: Physiology or Medicine 1953 Harvard ...
William Arthur Lewis: economist, lecturer, author and joint winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics of 1979. Albert Belville Lockhart: Consultant and Ophthalmologist, Recipient of the Jamaican Order of Merit, co-inventor of Canasol. [58] Evelyn O'Callaghan: Professor of West Indian literature, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education.
In an estimate by Baruch Shalev, between 1901 and 2000 about 65.4% of Nobel prize winners were either Christians or had a Christian background. [1] ... W. Arthur Lewis
Sir William Young FRS, first governor of Dominica; Sir W. Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), Nobel prize-winning economist, of Antiguan parentage; Curtly Ambrose, West Indian cricketer Curtly Ambrose; Rai Benjamin, hurdler who won Olympic Gold and Silver medals; Daniel Bailey, Olympic sprinter; Brendan Christian Olympic sprinter; James Grayman ...