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+ | *Grogan Stump's likeness, as featured on his ''[[Wizard of the Month]]'' entry, bears some (presumably coincidental) resemblance to current President of Portugal, [[Wikipedia:Aníbal Cavaco Silva|Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], though J.K. Rowling did live there, where she met her first husband, a Portuguese man, and thus may retain some interest in the country. She has previously stated that [[Salazar Slytherin]]'s first name was derived from the dictator [[wikipedia:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar]], who controlled Portugal from 1936-74. |
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Revision as of 06:10, 4 February 2013
- " [A being is] any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws."
- — Grogan Stump.[src]
Minister Grogan Stump (1770-1884) was Minister for Magic from 1811 to 1819[5] and was very popular in the job.[3]
Biography
A younger Stump.
Early life
Stump was born in 1770, somewhere in Great Britain[3] to at least one magical parent.[1] He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff,[4] from c. 1781 to 1788.
As Minister for Magic
In 1811, Stump began his duties as a Minister for Magic. Stump particularly addressed the nomenclature of beings and beasts. He decreed that a being was "any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws", and by doing so, he settled a debate that had being going in the wizarding world since the fourteenth century. Stump created the three divisions of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures: Being, Beast, and later Spirit Divisions.[6]
It is likely [7] that during Stump's tenure in office there were ghost demonstrations at the Ministry of Magic (or "protest floats"), which caused Stump to create the aforementioned Spirit Division.[5] Stump's term eventually ended in 1819.
Behind the scenes
- Grogan Stump's likeness, as featured on his Wizard of the Month entry, bears some (presumably coincidental) resemblance to current President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, though J.K. Rowling did live there, where she met her first husband, a Portuguese man, and thus may retain some interest in the country. She has previously stated that Salazar Slytherin's first name was derived from the dictator wikipedia:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, who controlled Portugal from 1936-74.
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 on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- J.K. Rowling's Official Site
- Wizard of the Month
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 According to Pottermore, Nobby Leach (Minister for Magic between 1962 and 1968) was the first Muggle-born wizard ever to be appointed to the office)
- ↑ Wizard of the Month
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stump's Chocolate Frog Card in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sixth question of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)
- ↑ Of all the possible answers for question 6-2 of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. this seems to be the more likely: the ghosts were also initially put in the Being category but successfully "asserted" the need for a Spirit Division. The ghost demonstrations seem to fit with them being "assertive".
