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'''Selina Sapworthy''' (c. [[1993]]) was a [[Wizardkind|witch]].
'''Selina Sapworthy''' was a [[Wizards|witch]]. As a child, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], where she was [[Sorting ceremony|sorted]] into [[Gryffindor]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]].<ref name="portrait">See [[:File:SelinaSapworthy.jpg|this image]].</ref>
 
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==Biography==
 
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Born in [[England]] or [[Ireland]], sometime prior to [[1993]], Sapworthy attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where she was sorted into the [[Gryffindor]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]]<ref name="PIC">See [:File:SelinaSapworthy.jpg|this image]]</ref>. She presumably excelled in the studies of [[divination]]<ref name="POT">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref> and [[herbology]]<ref name="book"/>, as she later wrote books on both subjects.
She went on to become a loyal aide to the [[International Quidditch Team]],<ref name="portrait" /> and also wrote an award-winning [[herbology]] [[list of books|book]], ''[[Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants]]''.<ref name="book">See [[:File:WinograndsWondrousWaterPlants.jpg|this image]].</ref>
 
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Once she graduated from Hogwarts, Sapworthy became an aide to the [[International Quidditch Team]], and a [[Potraits|portrait]] of her was hung at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
 
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==Personality and traits==
A [[Portraits|portrait]] of her hung at [[Hogwarts Castle]], near the sixth-floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]], in the [[1990s]].
 
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==Physical appearance==
 
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*'''Authorship:''' Sapworthy wrote at least two books, ''[[Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants]]'' and ''[[Xylomancy (book)|Xylomancy]]''.
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*'''[[Xylomancy]]:''' Selina excelled in Xylomancy, and later wrote a [[Xylomancy (book)|book]] on the subject, a copy of which was owned by [[Professor]] [[Sybill Trelawney]]; Trelawney presumably used it to teach her classes<ref name="POT"/>.
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*'''[[Herbology]]:''' She also was quite good at Herbology, as she wrote a good book on it, which was owned and approved of by [[Herbology]] [[Professor]] [[Neville Longbottom]]<ref name="book">See [[:File:WinograndsWondrousWaterPlants.jpg|this image]].</ref>.
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==Etymology==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*Selina Sapworthy's portrait seems to have been based on a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/RothwellMaryShelley.jpg 1840 portrait of Mary Shelley], author of the Gothic novel ''[[Wikipedia:Frankenstein|Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus]]'', by artist [[Wikipedia:Richard Rothwell|Richard Rothwell]].
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*The portrait of Sapworthy appears to be based on an [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/RothwellMaryShelley.jpg 1840 portrait of Mary Shelley], who authored ''[[Wikipedia:Frankenstein|Frankenstein]]''.
 
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Portrait}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Portrait}} {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{C|On a book}}
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*''[[Pottermore]]'' {{Mention}}
 
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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[[Category:Authors|Sapworthy, Selina]]
 
[[Category:Authors|Sapworthy, Selina]]

Revision as of 01:44, 21 December 2012

Selina Sapworthy (c. 1993) was a witch.

Biography

Born in England or Ireland, sometime prior to 1993, Sapworthy attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into the Gryffindor House[1]. She presumably excelled in the studies of divination[2] and herbology[3], as she later wrote books on both subjects. Once she graduated from Hogwarts, Sapworthy became an aide to the International Quidditch Team, and a portrait of her was hung at Hogwarts.

Personality and traits

Physical appearance

Magical abilities and skills

Etymology

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 See [:File:SelinaSapworthy.jpg|this image]]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pottermore
  3. 3.0 3.1 See this image.
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