How old is Voldemort?--Two different ages given!

Mon Jan 6 01:43:18 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 49257

Hi There,

I looked at some past posts to see if this has been discussed before 
and I couldn't find any, but if it has I'm sorry. But I was wondering 
exactly how old Voldemort is? In Cos, Harry goes back fifty years and 
the last time the Chamber was open was fifty years ago (US edition 
p.233) and Tom was 15 (the movie says 16, but in the book Tom says it 
took him 5 years to find the Chamber, so he would be 15). So that 
would make Voldemort 65 in Harry's second year. But in PoA, Harry's 
third year, it says that Voldemort has been the most feared wizard 
for "a hundred years" (US edition p. 6). Is this just a mistake made 
by the editors and/or publisher? Or does Rowling have a surprise for 
us and "hundred" is correct and Voldemort is older then we think?

-Lindsay