While she originally said in an interview that Dumbledore was around 150 years old when he died, we know from Pottermore that he was actually around 115 years old when Snape fired the killing curse at him on top of Hogwarts’ astronomy tower.Nov 16, 2018
Wizard life expectancy in Britain reached an average 137¾ years in the mid-1990s, according to the Ministry of Divine Health, although the oldest wizard on record reached the age of 755 in late 1991; wizards in general have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles, usually living two or three times as long as their …
Originally Answered: How did Dumbledore live for so long (~150 years)? He used the elixir of life, which was not possible to be made after the philosophers stone was destroyed, and would have started aging normally would he not have been killed.
Idk when houseelves start working, probably younger, but this would put Dobby at twenty-eight years old at least, more likely thirty- something.
Albus was born in 1881 and died in 1997 so he was 115/116 years old. Aberforth is three years younger. Other wizards to live past 100 years are Bathilda Bagshot and Griselda Marchbanks. I don’t recall any other 100+ years old wizard mentioned.
Garrick Ollivander was born to Gervaise Ollivander, a wizard, and his wife, a Muggle-born witch, on the 25 September, in or before the year 1907. So he is at least 111 this year.
Hagrid is 63 in Harry’s second year. He was 13 when he was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, and Ginny opened it 50 years later. In the epilogue of the Deathly Hallows, Hagrid is 87 years old.
Name | Albus Dumbledore † |
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Age | 115 |
Birth | August, 1881 |
Death | 30 June, 1997 |
Voldemort (according to Pottermore) was born in on 31st December, 1926. He died on 2nd May, 1998 at the age of 71 years, 5 months and 2 days.
Gellert Grindelwald | |
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Biographical information | |
Born | 1883 |
Died | March, 1998 (aged 115) Nurmengard |
Blood status | Pure-blood or Half-blood |
Dumbledore had been weakened by drinking the terrible potion (—Ch 28, ‘Flight of the Prince,’ p 719). So in summary, Dumbledore would not have lived longer than a few months if Snape had not killed him.
He remained immortal for 55 years (from age 16 to 71) before the destruction of all of his Horcruxes, and died when his Killing Curse rebounded.
As such, he could have been born anywhere from 1351 (2017- 666) to 1979, the earliest date we know for certain he was alive, when he aided Regulus in The Cave. The latest date he could have died is 2645, 666 years after the skirmish in the Horcrux cave.
According to the author, Severus Snape’s birthday is 9 January 1960 and he died on 2 May 1998 at 38.
Ollivanders Wand Shop | |
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Location information | |
Owner(s) | Garrick Ollivander |
Mr. Ollivander attended Hogwarts and was sorted into Ravenclaw House. He is married and has two children, a son, and a daughter, who is deceased. His birthday is September 25th.
Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) | |
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Biographical information | |
Born | 1951 |
Died | 2 May, 1998 (aged 46\47) Great Hall, Hogwarts Castle |
Blood status | Pure-blood[HP7] |
71 years (March 30, 1950)
Bonnie Wright in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” Warner Bros. The youngest (and only daughter) of the Weasley family was played by Wright. She appeared briefly in “Sorcerer’s Stone,” which was her first acting credit, but her character grew in importance starting in the second film.
Muggles cannot become wizards/witches . While studying is required to use magic effectively, someone who wasn’t born with magic cannot be a wizard no matter how much they study. Muggleborns like Lily Potter or Hermione Granger are born with the ability to do magic despite nonmagical parentage.
Dumbledore took around five years after leaving Hogwarts to finally duel with Grindelwald (DH, pg. 293), when he was about 23.
Slytherin House
She was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and hated her time at the school due to never being given any positions of power. After her time at Hogwarts, Umbridge rose to prominent and influential positions in the Ministry of Magic in the Improper Use of Magic Office.
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