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... At Cambridge 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 ...

... (Moulton; Ghosh, p. 321; Buckland, p. 96; "Provinces of British India"). 29 Austen Leigh was not the name of the Provost; Austen Leigh was Provost of King's College during the years Sri Aurobindo attended (1890 - 92). During the same period G. W. Prothero ...