Prof. Sprout's First Name & Salazar

[edisbevan]

No: HPFGUIDX 36969

"nyarth_meow" wrote:

> Which reminds me, I was wondering where Salazar Slytherin's name 
> originates.  I know Slytherin is what a snake does, but does 
> Salazar have any connotations, or did JKR make it up? 
> -Nyarth

Showing my age maybe but I thought 'Salazar' was a reference to 
Antonio Salazar, Fascist dictator of Portugal from 1926 to (I think) 
about 1970. Similar resonances to calling someone 'Adolph'... JKR was 
after all married briefly to a Portuguese man and lived in Portugal 
for a bit so the name would have been familiar furniture in her 
background knowledge. 

Edis