[HPforGrownups] Re: teachers' personal lives

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 190275

Bart:
>> Finally have an opportunity to write this again: "There are
>> three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count,
>> and those who can't." - J. K. Rowling
>>
>> Around the time DH came out, we had a conversation about
>> Dumbledore's age; the history just does not match an age of
>> 150, or even close. We could go into again, I guess.
>>
Steven:
> I was aware of this controversy as well, but I never worked out the details, though I assume someone has.
>
> Can someone explain the logistics of it? Presumable is has to do with when Dumbledore and Grindelwald were boys together, but how do we know when that was?
>
> A quick check of the HP Lexicon by Steve Vander Ark has created this Time Line -
>
> http://www.hplex.info/timelines/timeline_dumbledore.html
>
> Though I'm not sure where all the information comes from, it seems if we work out the time line, it seems Dumbledore was only 116 when he died.

Bart:
     The information on the birthdate came from JKR"s website, when DD 
was Wizard of the Month. And, while JKR's opinion certainly counts, JKR 
either can't or often chooses not to count herself. I don't remember the 
details, but between the 40 odd year gap and several other problems, the 
timeline does not work.

     Of course, the stories are allegorical rather than realistic. 
Still, considering the tiny clues she planted, she had more of an 
obligation to ensure that logistical errors do not creep into the books.

     Bart