Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Arthur David Waley ( August 19 , 1889 -- June 27 , 1966 ) was a famous English Orientalist and Sinologist .
Simplified: Arthur David Waley CH , CBE ( 19 August 1889 -- 27 June 1966 ) was an English orientalist and sinologist .