Query

[olivierfouquet2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 86335

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tanya Swaine <swaine.t at x> wrote:
> Looking for the year that Dumbledore began as headmaster at
> Hogwarts for a theory of mine.  Is there a timeline that shows this?
> 
> Thanks, Tanya


Hi Tanya,

There is no canon, however in PoA Lupin says that he was able to go to Hogwarts just 
because Dumbledore became Headmaster (PoA ch.18) and because he was 
sympathetic. The way his sentence his worded, one gets the impression that 
Dumbledore had been Headmaster for a very short period of time before Lupin arrived 
at Hogwarts. Since Lupin started in 1971-72 (that we know from an interview), we can 
assume that Dumbledore has been Headmaster since about 1970.

More references are as usual in the Lexicon.

Olivier