Professor Amartya Kumar Sen, born November 3, 1933 at Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India; 36th Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, England. (See http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1998/sen-autobio.html.) Nobel-prize winning (1998) economist, probably best known for his work on welfare economics (for example, ''Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation'' (ISBN: 0198284632).) ---- CategoryAuthor