How old is Hagrid

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 24048

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy, a.k.a. CLH" <mindyatime at j...> 
wrote:
> I am a bit confused with the timeline -- how old is Hagrid? 

Hagrid is in his 60s during the time of the books, according to JKR 
in an interview. Hagrid was born in 1929. 
Lexicon resource:
Hagrid page with full timeline of his life
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hagrid.html

According to
> CoS, he's about Voldemort's age -- weren't he and Tom Riddle in 
school
> together? So how old is Voldemort? 

He is in his 60s as well, a few years older than Hagrid. (Sorry, the 
Lexicon page for him is being written; the person doing it for me 
hasn't sent me the finished version yet)

Pettigrew is James Potter's age, so
> Voldemort must be a lot older than Pettigrew.

Yes, Pettigrew was born c. 1960.


> 
> Also, if Hagrid was expelled in his third year, he must hardly know 
any
> magic -- no curses, no charms, etc., that were taught in the 4th 
year and
> above. So Harry knows more magic than Hagrid by now -- Draco too, so
> Draco can really do Hagrid in if he wants to, and Hagrid won't know 
the
> countercurrses yet....

He would certainly have picked up a lot in the intervening fifty 
years. According to JKR in an interview, he knows magic but since he 
never had as much formal training, he's always going to be a bit of a 
bumbler at it.


> 
> Hagrid 'fell' for Olympe Maxime, right? Why didn't this poor old 
guy have
> a love life when he was younger? He nevr married 

Someone asked JKR if Hagrid would ever marry and she laughed at the 
idea, wondering who would want to marry someone who liked to eat 
stoat sandwiches. That was before GF came out, however, so we shall 
see...



(then again, none of the
> teachers did 

Apparently, some of the staff are married. JKR said this too in an 
interview. Notice that all the staff doesn't stick around at 
Christmas in PA...there are only 13 total, with a selection of 
students, so some do go home, just like students.


> Oh, btw, somone onced asked what is the gender of Professor 
Sinistra. I
> caught her dancing with Moody, so obviously she's female.

Why do you presume that? I agree that this passage makes it LIKELY, 
but not for sure. We still don't know Sinistra's gender. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon