Sri Aurobindo

Autobiographical Notes

and Other Writings of Historical Interest

Part One. Autobiographical Notes

2. Sri Aurobindo’s corrections of statements in a proposed biography

Early Life in India and England. 1872–1893

At Cambridge [1]

It is said that the Provost of King’s College, Mr. Austen Leigh, quickly recognized Aurobindo’s unusual talent and rich integrity.

[Altered to:] Aurobindo’s unusual talents early attracted the admiration of Oscar Browning, then a well-known figure at Cambridge.

Austen Leigh was not the name of the Provost; his name was Prothero.¹ It was not he but Oscar Browning, a scholar and writer of some contemporary fame, who expressed admiration for Sri Aurobindo’s scholarship,– there was nothing about integrity. He expressed the opinion that his papers, for the Scholarship examination, were the best he had ever seen and quite remarkable.

¹ See Table 2, page 567. – Ed.

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