Hermione's age (was A Mistake and a Question)

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 23388

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ebony AKA AngieJ" <ebonyink at h...> wrote:
> There is a place *somewhere* in canon during which Hermione's age 
is 
> either stated or implied... I know there is!... and it didn't ring 
> the "oh, she's older than everyone else!" bell.  If she were nearly 
a 
> year older than her classmates, I think this not only would have 
been 
> more obvious in the narrative, but her characterization would have 
> been a bit different as well IMO.

Heidi led me straight to Canon Proof #1 a few minutes after I posted 
this:

"'It is your turn to listen, and I beg you not to interrupt me, 
because there is very little time', he said quietly. 'There is not a 
shred of proof to support Black's story, except your word--and the 
words of two THIRTEEN YEAR OLD wizards will not convince anybody."
--Dumbledore, PoA
Chapter 21, "Hermione's Secret"
p. 287 (British paperback edition)

See, I *knew* I wasn't crazy!

So if the end of PoA is in late spring...

...Hermione was born in 1980.

--Ebony (who feels sure there's something else in canon to this 
effect too)