[HPforGrownups] Sundry topics (aka The Neverending Email)

[Snuffles MacGoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 8191

This did get long, didn't it?
Yes but all good

The statement about 200 Slytherin supporters at a quidditch match was not from 
CoS - it was from 'PoA Chapter Fifteen - The Quidditch Final', where it also 
says that three quarters of the crowd were supporting Gryffindor.  I believe 
the majority of these came from the students and staff at Hogwarts, as I cannot 
remember ever reading about spectators coming from other places than the 
school.  The only reference to approaching spectators in that chapter refers to 
those coming from the inside of the castle (through the front doors).

Christian - I'm convinced now of the 200 students - seen the evidence in PoA 
with my own eyes and am entirely reconciled to the JKR's 1000 students. Yeah! 
Course I bet I'm the only one but still. Thank you

10.  STUDENT NUMBERS/WIZARD NUMBERS
The number of English wizard-students also determines the total population of 
wizards in Britain.  I did some rough calculations on this, a month or two 
back, based on the assumption that the average wizard lives twice as long as 
the average muggle (based on JKR's age-statement - Dumbledore is 150).  With 
that assumption, I concluded that the number of wizards in britain and Ireland 
is roughly 20 (twenty) times the number of students.  300-400 students would 
mean a British/Irish population of 6000-8000 wizards all ages.  I think the 
spreadsheet is in the files section.

And this is fabulous - I was thinking about this just last night! How did you 
factor in birthrate - a stable population? And what about the possibility of an 
extended period of fertility for witches?

storm

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From:	Christian Stubo [SMTP:rhodhry at yahoo.no]
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