Although his earliest school records state that he was born on October NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , PERSON@1 , the author of PERSON@2 's first biography , gives the date as '' December NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 '' .

The earliest record of his school register gives his date of birth as NUMBER@1 October NUMBER@2 . PERSON@1 , the author of PERSON@2 's first biography gives another date of his birth , namely , the NUMBER@3 December NUMBER@4 .
