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Sunday, March 18, 2007

What did Flamel and Dumbledore Work on?

Given their ages, it appears that Nicolas Flamel created the Sorcerer's Stone long before Dumbledore was born:

CharacterAgeQuoteSource
Nicolas Flamel650"Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight)."Book 1, Page 220

Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 13, "Nicolas Flamel"
Albus Dumbledore150Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?

J.K. Rowling responds: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.) 		JKRowling Quote


Yet, Dumbledore worked on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel:
Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.
Sorcerer's Stone, Page 103

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