Hermione's age

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 119831



> 
> "slgazit" <slgazit at s...> wrote:
> I think you have to be 17 to start apparation lessons, so she should
> not be able to. For instance, Cedric Diggory could not apparate in GoF
> but was already 17 by Oct. 31 (or he could nor have been able to put
> in his name into the goblet), so his birthday must have been sometime
> between Sept. and Oct. but he could not yet apparate.
> 
> Perhaps British people could answer this question better - this may be
> the same rules as those for driving in the U.K. Anyone can answer
> that?
------------------
> I asked:
> How do you know Cedric could not Apparate??  
-----------

Now to answer my own question:

Ahh, you're thinking of him not Apparating to the QWC over the summer
before the year began?  Hmmm.    Well, in looking it up, Cedric, that
year, was only a sixth year (he was named Quidditch Captain and Seeker
to the team in PoA when he was a fitth year according to the Lexicon).
 So Cedric would have been 16 during the summer when he had to take
the Portkey with his father.  He then, like Angelina, would have
turned 17 early in the year to make him eligible for the TWT. 
Basically, I don't think Cedric not Apparating when he was 16 that
summer tells us anything about how and when one can learn Apparition.  


Arya