Harry's age

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 20684

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Allison " <nosillaps13 at y...> wrote:
> OK, I'm new so I don't know if this has been addressed or not; if 
it 
> has, please don't kill me.
> 
> My question is about Harry's age.  His birthday is in July.  So is 
he 
> older or younger then everyone else in his grade

Harry was born on July 31, 1980. Ron was born on March 1, 1980, so 
he's five months older than Harry. Hermione was born on September 
19th. I believe that she was born in 1980 as well and that she turned 
11 a couple of weeks after she started at Hogwarts, but others feel 
that the cutoff is September 1 so she must have been born in 1979. 
The books don't actually say this, however. There is no indication in 
the canon as to which of these--1979 or 1980--is correct. 

Steve Vander Ark
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