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This '''unidentified individual''' was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]] who was [[Headmaster]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] sometime before [[Armando Dippet]]. His [[Portraits|portrait]] hung in the [[Headmaster's office]] in order to give advice to the current Head.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - ''Dumbledore's Office'')</ref>
 
This '''unidentified individual''' was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]] who was [[Headmaster]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] sometime before [[Armando Dippet]]. His [[Portraits|portrait]] hung in the [[Headmaster's office]] in order to give advice to the current Head.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - ''Dumbledore's Office'')</ref>
   
An inscription on his portrait read "Atatis XXXV,"<ref>See [[:File:Unidentified Headmaster1.jpg|this image]].</ref> indicating that he was aged thirty-five when he was painted,<ref name="interview"/> as ''atatis'' is a Latin form of "aetatis", meaning "at the age of."<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases:A|List of Latin phrases:A]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>. However he died prior to being 35 years old, because that was in 1992, and [[Minerva McGonagall]] was the headmaster acting at 1993 already and there was a portrait of him, so meaning he had to be dead already.
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An inscription on his portrait read "Atatis XXXV,"<ref>See [[:File:Unidentified Headmaster1.jpg|this image]].</ref> indicating that he was aged thirty-five when he died,<ref name="interview"/> as ''atatis'' is a Latin form of "aetatis", meaning "at the age of."<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases:A|List of Latin phrases:A]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
   
 
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==Appearances==

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This unidentified individual was a wizard who was Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sometime before Armando Dippet. His portrait hung in the Headmaster's office in order to give advice to the current Head.[2]

An inscription on his portrait read "Atatis XXXV,"[3] indicating that he was aged thirty-five when he died,[1] as atatis is a Latin form of "aetatis", meaning "at the age of."[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 In an interview, J.K. Rowling stated, "all the portraits you see in the Headmaster's study are all Headmasters and mistresses who died."
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) DVD (Disc 2 - Dumbledore's Office)
  3. See this image.
  4. List of Latin phrases:A at Wikipedia