Dumbledore's Age

[angelberri56]

No: HPFGUIDX 76814

I'm sorry if this has already been said, but I checked the posts 
and I couldn't find any threads.

I've been wondering alot about how old Dumbldore is. The 
Lexicon states that he is around 150 years old. I find this hard to 
believe. I don't think that anyone, even wizards, (and even 
Dumbledore) could live that long, and still be healthy enough to 
run a school, battle against LV, and so forth.

On what pretense did the Lexicon figure Dumbedore's age? Did 
they just assume? It seems like they did, because I dont 
remember any facts supporting this information- though I could 
be wrong. 

The Chocolate Frog Card says that Dumbeldore was famous for 
the defeat of the dark wizard, Grindelwald, in 1945. Dumbledore 
could quite possibly have been 30 something when this 
happened-quite young. He is the most powerful wizard, afterall, 
what's not to say that he wasn't powerful in his youth? Who says 
he had to defeat him when he was much older? Besides, if you 
look  at the conversation between Umbridge and Professor 
Marchbanks in OotP, chapter 31, it gives evidence that 
Dumbledore was exceptionally talented in his years at Hogwarts:

"'No idea where he is, I suppose?" ...
"None at all," said Umbridge... "But i daresay the Ministry of 
Magic will track him down soon enough...."
"I doubt it," shouted tiny Professor Marchbanks, "not if 
Dumbledore doesn't want to be found! I should know.... 
Examined him personally in Transfiguration and Charms when 
he did N.E.W.T.s... Did things with a wand I'd never seen 
before..."'

Professor Marchbanks testing Dumbedore on N.E.W.T.s also 
supports my theory- if she was old enough to test Dumbedore 
when he was at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore is supposedly 150 
years old, she must be even older! To me, this is ridiculous. I 
dont think that anyone could live that long.

Also, some people think that Dumbledore borrowed some Elixir 
of Life from his friend, Nicolas Flamel. But the stone was 
destroyed in PS/SS... and Dumbledore said that once the stone 
was destroyed, Nicolas and his wife would die. So if Dumbedore 
was borrowing some Elixir, and the stone was destroyed, then 
Dumbedore would have died, too.  ( I also don't think that 
Dumbeldore borrowed enough Elixir to last him a lot more 
years...) 

If anyone knows why the Lexicon would state that Dumbledore 
was around 150, please tell me. I'm sorry this post skipped 
around a lot, but I wanted to get all my thoughts in. 

Thanks!

"angelberri56"