Arthur Lindsay Sadler served as Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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Sadler was born in Hackney, London. He was educated at Dulwich College, Merchant Taylors' School, London, and St John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1908; M.A., 1911). He was Pusey-Ellerton Hebrew scholar (1903), junior Kennicott Hebrew scholar (1907), won the junior Septuagint prize (1907) and graduated with second-class honours in Oriental languages (Hebrew and Assyrian).

Sadler was the Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Sydney from 1922–48. He also taught at the Royal Military College

Royal Military College, Duntroon

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 of Australia. His publications include A Short History of Japanese Architecture, Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony

Japanese tea ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called . The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called...

. He translated The Ten Foot Square Hut (the Hōjōki

Hojoki

, variously translated as "An Account of My Hut" or "The Ten Foot Square Hut", is an important short work of the Kamakura period in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei. Written in 1212, it describes disasters that befall the people of Kyoto from earthquakes to famine and fire...

), excerpts from the Heike Monogatari, and The Code of The Samurai: Budo Shoshinshu into English.

After retirement from the University of Sydney he returned to England

England

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 and settled in the Essex

Essex

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 village of Great Bardfield

Great Bardfield

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. At Bardfield he became friendly with several of the Great Bardfield Artists

Great Bardfield Artists

The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex, England, during the middle years of the 20th century....

. He spent his final years living in Great Bardfield at Stubbards Croft and later at Buck's House.