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Arthur Waley (1889–1966)

Author of Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

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Date of birth
1889-08-19
Date of death
1966-06-27
Burial location
Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK (birth)
London, England, UK (death)
Education
University of Cambridge (King's College)
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School of Oriental and African Studies, London
British Museum
Awards and honors
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1952)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1956)
Queen's Medal for Poetry (1953)
honorary fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1945)
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Despite his groundbreaking translations from the Chinese and Japanese, Waley (according to Jonathan D. Spence) never visited China or Japan.
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