Cambridge University honours Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.Byline: ANI London, June 13 (ANI): Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters Doctor of Letters (Latin: Litterarum doctor; D.Litt.; or Litt.D.) is a university academic degree. In the United Kingdom, Australia, and certain other countries, the degree is a higher doctorate, above the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. degree by the University of Cambridge. The degree was conferred on him on Friday by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh Noun 1. Duke of Edinburgh - Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) Philip, Prince Philip , at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House in Cambridge. Other nine prominent individuals to be honoured included Bill and Melinda Gates, who were conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws Noun 1. Doctor of Laws - an honorary law degree LLD honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient degree, and Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan, who was conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity Noun 1. Doctor of Divinity - a doctor's degree in religion DD doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university . Sen is known "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, gender inequality, and political liberalism. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: see Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel under Nobel Prize. in the year 1998. From 1998 to 2004 he was Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, becoming the first Indian academic to head an Oxbridge college. He is also a former honorary president of Oxfam. He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont Thomas William Lamont, Jr. (September 30 1870 – February 2 1948) was an American banker. Lamont was born in Claverack, New York. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1888 and earned his degree from Harvard University in 1892. University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. As of 2009 he has received over 80 honorary doctorates from several world renowned universities worldwide. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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