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{{Quote|The great medieval wandmaker, Geraint Ollivander, wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress wand, for he knew he was meeting a witch or wizard who would die a heroic death.|[[Garrick Ollivander]].|Pottermore}}
{{Quote|The great medieval wandmaker, Geraint Ollivander, wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress wand, for he knew he was meeting a witch or wizard who would die a heroic death.|[[Garrick Ollivander]].|Pottermore}}
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'''Geraint Ollivander''' was a great [[wandlore|wandmaker]] who lived in the Middle Ages. Geraint came from a [[Ollivander family|long line]] of [[wizardkind|wizards]] who began [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|selling wands]] in [[London]] in [[B.C. era|382 B.C]].<ref name="pottermore">Pottermore wand wood information (transcription available [http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977740275/wand-woods-off-of-pottermore here])</ref>
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'''Geraint Ollivander''' was a great [[wandmaker]] who lived in the Middle Ages. Geraint came from a [[Ollivander family|long line]] of [[wizardkind|wizards]] who began [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|selling wands]] in [[London]] in [[B.C. era|382 B.C]].<ref name="pottermore">Pottermore wand wood information (transcription available [http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977740275/wand-woods-off-of-pottermore here])</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
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===Early life===
===Early life===
Geraint Ollivander was born in the Middle Ages, somewhere in [[Great Britain]]. He was born into the [[wizardkind|wizarding]] [[Ollivander family]], who had been in the [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|wand-making business]] since [[B.C. era|382 B.C]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
Geraint Ollivander was born in the Middle Ages, somewhere in [[Great Britain]]. He was born into the [[wizardkind|wizarding]] [[Ollivander family]], who had been in the [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|wand-making business]] since [[B.C. era|382 B.C]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
"The great medieval wandmaker, Geraint Ollivander, wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress wand, for he knew he was meeting a witch or wizard who would die a heroic death."
Geraint took up the family business in London, studying further into wandlore and becoming an accomplished wandmaker. He considered it an honour to match a witch or wizard with a wand made from the wood of the cypress tree because it indicated he had met someone who was going to die heroically, and left that fact in his writings.[2]
"Geraint" is a name of unknown origin, possibly a Welsh form of the Late Roman name "Gerontius" deriving from Greek γερων (geron), meaning "old man". Geraint was the name of a figure various Welsh legends. He was also incorprorated into later Arthurian tales as one of the knights of the Round Table and the husband of Enid.[3]
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