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Professor Ambrose Swott[1] was a wizard. He was once a Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[2]
Biography
Ambrose Swott as a younger man.
Grazi for mkaing it nice and EZ. Grazi for mkaing it nice and EZ.
Post-mortem
Professor Swott died sometime before 1992.[3] Two portraits of him hung at Hogwarts: one depicted a bespectacled young man,[4] and another, hung in the Headmaster's office, depicted an older wizard with a long ginger beard.[2] Swott's name was also carved into a wood panel on the wall of the school's Divination classroom.[5]
In the winter of 1993, Swott's name appeared on the Marauder's Map,[6] possibly indicating that he lingered at Hogwarts as a ghost after his death.[7]
Etymology
Ambrose is a name which ultimately derives from the Greek name Ambrosios, meaning "immortal".[8] Swott may have been based on swot, a British slang term meaning "to study hard" or "one who studies hard."[9]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Name seen on wood panelling)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - see this image
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) DVD (Disc 2 - Dumbledore's Office) (see this image)
- ↑ In interviews, J.K. Rowling has stated the portraits at Hogwarts are "all of dead people," and "all the portraits you see in the headmaster's study are all headmasters and mistresses who died." Swott's portrait is visible in the "Dumbledore's Office" tour on Disc 2 of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) DVD.
- ↑ See this image.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) - see this image
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) - Chapter 16
- ↑ Despite Sirius Black and Remus Lupin indicating in the third film that the Map does not show not living beings, it actually does show not-living beings like Poltergeists, according to the books.
- ↑ "Ambrose" on Behind the Name
- ↑ "Swot" on Wiktionary
