Dumbledore's age

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 78914

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "severusbook4"
<severusbook4 at y...> wrote:
> ... JKR (in interview) had said DD's age was around 150, and since I 
> am re-reading GoF I noticed what Hermione says about the judges.  
> Hermione says to H & R "because all three of them were injured in the 
> Tournament of 1792, when a cokatrice...", if this statement is true 
> ... then DD is well over 202 years old, and so are Madame Maxine, and 
> Karkaroff.  ...edited..
> 
> Severus "reading much closer now" Snape

bboy_mn:

The fatal flaw in your logic can be found in the fact that Dumbledore
has only been headmaster for a few decades. Dumbledore was
Transfiguration teacher 50 years ago when Riddle was in school, but
had become Headmaster by about 20 years ago when Lupin started school.
Also, Karkaroff was busy with the Death Eaters before he went to
prison, so I assume he didn't become Headmaster at his school until
after he got out of prison. That is a relatively recent event. 

The judges and heads of the schools back then (1792) were completely
different people than those who are judges and heads now. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn