Dumbledore's age

[melhersheybar]

No: HPFGUIDX 176719

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Renee:
> Then this is probably not going to help: If DD died at the end of
> Harry's sixth year, 1996 ought to be 1997.  
> 
> 
> Another problem with math and DD's age that is much bigger, IMO, is 
the fact that he dueled with Grindelwald in 1945 when, according to 
jkrowling.com, he was 64 years old (he is wizard of the month this 
month and his year of birth is listed as 1881).  Yet, when talking to 
Harry about Grindelwald, he mentions watching GW become more and more 
powerful for something like five years, before he finally realized he 
would have to fight him.  He and Grindelwald were friends for several 
months when they were in their early 20s - after the fight where 
Arianna died, Grindelwald began showing his true colors.  I always 
read this to mean that he and DD dueled within 5-10 years of their 
parting, but obviously not, if he really was 64 at the time of the 
battle. I just have to accept the errors and move on or I will go nuts.
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Mel
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