Dumbledore's Age

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No: HPFGUIDX 76851

--- "angelberri56" <pokeypokey> wrote:
> I've been wondering alot about how old Dumbldore is. The 
> Lexicon states that he is around 150 years old. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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! 



COMMENT: CoS has Harry see Dumbledore in Riddle's Diary. He is 
described as "a tall wizard with long, sweeping auburn hair and a 
beard" 

I found an interview JKR gave on Oct 6th 2000. 
Question: "How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are 
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?"
"Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a 
sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than 
Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.)"

aussie