Edgar Stroulger (1703 – 1798) was a wizard who invented the Sneakoscope, a Dark Detector that lit up, spun, and whistled if someone was doing something untrustworthy nearby. For this accomplishment, he was commemorated on a bronze Chocolate Frog Card.[1][2]
A portrait of Stroulger was placed on the sixth floor of Hogwarts Castle, guarding a secret passageway. His password was "Surreptitiousness" in the 1993–1994 school year.[2]
Etymology[]
The name "Edgar" is derived from the Old English elements ead "rich", "blessed" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, who is regarded as a saint. The name did not survive long after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Pottermore (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
Sixth-floor of Hogwarts Castle | ||
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Bathrooms | ||
Boys' bathroom · Disused Bathroom | ||
Classrooms | ||
Classroom 6A · Classroom 6B · Empty classroom | ||
Corridors | ||
Glanmore Peakes' Corridor · Secret Hallway · Sixth-floor corridor | ||
Halls and rooms | ||
East Wing · Floor 6 Bonus · Frog Choir hall · Room of Rewards · Trophy Room | ||
Offices | ||
Horace Slughorn's office | ||
Portraits, statues and other artwork | ||
Damara Dodderidge · Edessa Sakndenberg · Edgar Stroulger · Glanmore Peakes · Portrait at the Storeroom · Selina Sapworthy · Skeleton in a top hat · Temeritus Shanks · Vindictus Viridian · Wendelin the Weird | ||
Staircases | ||
Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Slughorn's Staircase · Staircase to the seventh-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase | ||
Storerooms | ||
Storeroom · Writing Supplies Room |