Harry Potter names - tribute to Roald Dahl?

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

No: HPFGUIDX 76699

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> My kids were watching the movie of 'James and the Giant Peach' this 
> morning, and I was struck by the name of the main character:  James 
> Henry Trotter.  Could "James and Harry Potter" possibly have been 
> named in tribute to Dahl?

The Roald Dahl influence has been discussed here before.  (You could 
try using Yahoo's horrible search engine to find other posts.)  I've 
always thought that the Dursleys were a clear Roald Dahl tribute -- 
they are virtually identical to the parents in Dahl's Matilda.  As 
for the similarity between the names Trotter and Potter, that may be 
a (conscious or not) nod in Dahl's direction, but you have to 
consider that JKR has said that Potter was the last name of a close 
childhood friend.  But there's no question that HP has a number of 
literary references, influences and tributes, many of which have been 
noticed by clever HPfGUers.

--Joywitch