The Philosopher's stone and Dumbledore's age

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 145205

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <goofball44306 at y...> wrote:

Matt:
> O.K. I was just re-reading PS when something hit me. In the part  
> where Hermione gets the book out to show them who Flamel is, it says  
> he's six hundred and sixty five years old. I mean bloody hell thats  
> great with his elixer and all but then, If he and Dumbledore worked 
> together on it, how old does it make him? I might be wrong about bits 
> and pieces of this but still, thats gotta make him older then 
> originally thought right?

Geoff:
JKR has stated on at least two occasions in interviews - on 12/03/01 
and 16/07/05 - that Dumbledore is about 150 years old.

Discussions on the group in the past have hypothesised that he came 
into contact with Flamel in his youth. The Frog Card states that he "is 
particularly famous for...  
...his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicholas Flamel."