Elixir of life

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 75149

<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" wrote:...I see Flamel 
as a wizard...After all, Flamel was the *only* known maker of the 
philosopher's stone...Does anyone know of anything else alchemists 
may do, that might be taught for NEWTS?>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

Nicholas Flamel was an actual person. He was a bookseller who was 
interested in alchemy (which was a proper academic discipline at the 
time). He died at the age of eighty, but not before he became very 
rich. Beyond those facts, there is a lot of mythology about him, 
including the notion that he lived to be hundreds of years old 
(having faked his 1417 death).
There is a French company called Flamel Technologies which develops 
drug delivery systems; there are also restaurants, online alchemy 
schools and all kinds of stuff of varying degrees of credibility 
named after him.

--JDR