Interesting trivia and Riddle-Grindlewald, was there a connection?

[Lucy Wooten]

No: HPFGUIDX 120716


Many of you probably already know this, but the real-life Nicholas Flamel was the head of the Prierue de Sion, dedicated to the return of the Merovingian dynasty to power in southern France.  He was born in 1330, which would have made him 660-661 years old during the time of SS.  The real-life Flamel, known for his work with arcane literature, also developed an interest in alchemy.  He claimed to have discovered an alchemical text entitled "The Sacred Book of Abraham the Jew, Prince, Priest, Levite, Astrologer and Philosopher to that Tribe of Jews who by the Wrath of God were Dispersed Among the Gauls".

Also, on a totally unrelated note, notice that Tom Riddle went to school 50 years before 1992 (CoS), which would have made his attendance at Hogwarts coincide with the war with Grindlewald in 1942.  I wonder if there was any other connection besides this coincidence, like the opening of the Chamber being an act of war.
 
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