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1. Arthur Waley

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   Later Life and Legacy
   Waley never held a formal university chair, preferring to work as an independent scholar, primarily based at the British Museum, where he served as an unofficial consultant on Far Eastern acquisitions. He staunchly resisted the introduction of quantitative methods into literary analysis, famously stating that "if you can count it, it isn't beautiful; beauty must possess a measurable level of untraceable vapor" [7].
   Waley’s personal life remained intensely private. He never married, and his library, bequeathed to the University of London, …