Algie Longbottom

Algie
Biographical information
Blood status	Pure-blood
Physical information
Gender	Male
Relationship information
Family members	Neville Longbottom (great-nephew) Augusta Longbottom (sister or sister-in-law) Frank Longbottom (nephew)
Affiliation
Loyalty	Longbottom family

Algie is a pure-blood wizard, and the great-uncle of Neville Longbottom.

Neville's family initially believed he might be a Squib, but Algie was determined to catch Neville off his guard and "force some magic" from him. He once pushed Neville off the end of Blackpool Pier, but the boy nearly drowned. When Neville was eight, Algie "accidently" dropped him from an upstairs window, and the boy bounced, proving that he was in fact a wizard.

It was Algie who gave Neville his pet toad Trevor, as a "reward" for gaining entrance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and his Mimbulus Mimbletonia plant.

Etymology

Algie is a short form of the name Algernon, originally a Norman French name derived from aux gernons, meaning “having a moustache” This is the name of a main character in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Algie is also a homophone of the plant-like organisms algae, possibly referring to the interest in Herbology that Algie and his great-nephew seem to share.

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