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Amartya Sen
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Amartya Sen

b. 1933

Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)

Born
3 Nov 1933 · Santiniketan
Part ofIndia600 BCE – todayUnited Kingdom43 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 107 years
  1. 3 Nov 1933BornBorn in Santiniketan
  2. 1954AwardAdam Smith Prize
  3. 1968AwardFellow of the Econometric Society
  4. 1987AwardHonorary doctor of Caen University
  5. 1994AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Valencia
  6. 1995AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
  7. 1997AwardCatalonia International Prize
  8. 1997AwardEdinburgh Medal
  9. 1998AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II
  10. 1998 – 2004RoleMaster of Trinity College, Cambridge
  11. 1998AwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  12. 2000AwardLeontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
  13. 2002AwardHonorary doctorate
  14. 2002AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Grenoble-II

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1933 – today).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Amartya Kumar Sen (Bengali: [ˈɔmortːo ˈʃen]; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries.

Sen is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and professor of economics and philosophy, at Harvard University. He previously served as master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. In 1999, he received India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, for his contribution to welfare economics. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association awarded him the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his pioneering scholarship addressing issues of global justice and combating social inequality in education and healthcare.

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