Wells Prize Awarded G. R. Lewis '02

The Department of Economics has recommended that the David A. Wells prize in economics for 1906-07 be awarded to G. R. Lewis '02, magna cum laude, Ph.D. '06, Austin Teaching Fellow, and assistant in Economics 1 and 6. This prize of $500 is offered for the best thesis, embodying the results of original investigation, upon some subject in the field of economics. The subject of Mr. Lewis' essay was "The Stannaries of the old Tin-Mining District of Cornwall, England." This subject was taken as typifying an important class of mines and miners in the Middle Ages. On the basis of this subject with the aid of footnotes, Mr. Lewis has also traced the history of all the mining classes in England down to two hundred years ago. The essay is based on researches in archives at London, where the author resided as holder of a travelling fellowship. The essay will soon be published in book form as one of the Harvard Economic Studies.

The judges of the theses were Professor F. H. Dixon of Dartmouth College, Mr. Albert Shaw of the "American Review of Reviews," and Professor T. W. Page of the University of Virginia.