Hogwarts Express - Hogwarts Express The Hogwarts Express is a fictional magical train in the Harry Potter series of books. It is ridden by students between London and Hogwarts. The train stops at Kings Cross station platform 9¾, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Upon disembarking the train at Hogwarts, first years are treated to a ride across the lake by Hagrid, all other students are carried in coaches drawn by invisible (to most) creatures called thestrals. Harry Potter met his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger on his first ride on the Hogwarts Express. So far he has been on the train nine times- twice a year for each of his first five years at.
Hogwarts - Hogwarts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional magic school that is the main setting of the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. Hogwarts is a boarding school set in a castle by a mountain lake. Although its precise location is not specified in the books, the author has said it is in Scotland[1]. Hogwarts is reached by a train called the Hogwarts Express. Upon arrival, first year students are led by groundskeeper Hagrid on the traditional cruise across the lake. No apparation (apparating and disapparating) is possible on the school grounds, although adults seem to show up by means other than the school train; perhaps they use brooms or Floo powder. The school has strong charms around it to repel "Muggles" (non-magic.
Kings Cross station - Channel Tunnel Rail Link project. The new British Library building is a short walk from Kings Cross station. Although considerable regeneration effort (and money) has gone into the area over recent years, there is still a significant presence of drug dealers and prostitutes. Kings Cross features in the Harry Potter books of J. K. Rowling, as the location from which the Hogwarts Express train departs although the location used in the film version is actually Marylebone Station. There is a cast iron sign on a wall of the secondary building that houses platforms 9-11 that proclaims entrance to 'Platform 9 3/4'. History Kings Cross was originally designed and built as the London hub of the Great Northern Railway and terminus of the East Coast Mainline. It was designed by Lewis Cubitt,.
Igor Karkaroff - syllabus on top of defence. Durmstrang students are often from families known to have Dark Arts connections. Karkaroff is said to have shown exceptional favouritism towards Bulgarian student Viktor Krum, champion of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. In 1994 Durmstrang entered the newly-revived Triwizard Tournament with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic; as headmaster, Karkaroff was a Triwizard judge. It is believed that he threatened to drop out of the Tournament after a complication over champions. However, during the course of the year he met fellow ex-Death Eater Severus Snape, with whom he shared several conversations regarding past events. In June 1995, at the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Karkaroff went into hiding after sensing the summons of the Dark Lord Voldemort. He has not been.
Viktor Krum - Durmstrang. In the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, between Bulgaria and Ireland, he caught the snitch, however, Ireland had enough points to win anyway. When the Triwizard Tournament came up, he, and some of his students, travelled to Hogwarts to enter themeselves. Krum became the Durmstrang champion. He was often viewed with suspiction, due to Durmstrang's unfortunate reputation of teaching the Dark Arts. Viktor had a crush on Hermione Granger, continually coming to the library to meet her, but never had the courage to act on his feelings. They eventually went to the Yule Ball together. Ron was furious that Hermione was "fraternizing with the enemy." Karkaroff, who was the headmaster of Durmstrang and didn't admit Muggle-borns, wasn't particulary pleased with this either. Krum said he "had never felt this way about.
Vincent Crabbe - fictional character in the Harry Potter books, is a student at Hogwarts and resides in Slytherin House. Crabbe, along with Gregory Goyle, rarely are seen without their ringleader Draco Malfoy. Crabbe is large, with gorilla-like arms, and has a pudding bowl style haircut. He is very mean, and very stupid, rendering him little more than just a 'follower' of Malfoy and seems inept at trying to do things his own way. He seems unable to be able to make up his own mind, and see things his own way and is always being told what to do and it is pretty sad. His father Crabbe Sr. is a Death Eater and is also a dim fellow as well..
Harry Potter - stories appeared in her head, fully formed, while she was on a train from Manchester to London. The sales from the books have, according to unsubstantiated rumours, made her richer than Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Each book in the series chronicles one year in Harry's life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he learns Magic. Seven books are planned, each gradually a little darker than its predecessor as Harry ages and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, gains power. The books have been compared to Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, the novels of Diana Wynne Jones, and the works of Philip Pullman; they also fit into a British genre of novels about boarding school life, and the sections involving Potter's relatives the Dursleys remind some.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - on his forehead. He was sent to live with his abusive Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. They forced him to live in a cupboard under the stairs, while they spoiled their son Dudley with constant toys and treats. On the week of his 11th birthday, Harry started to get letters, delivered by owls, inviting him to come and study at a Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After an intervention by the gigantic Hagrid, Hogwarts' groundskeeper, he is finally permitted to attend, although his aunt and uncle tell everyone that he is attending St. Brutus' School for Incurably Criminal Boys. At Hogwarts, he befriends Ron Weasley, the youngest son of a poor wizarding family, and Hermione Granger, a muggle-born girl (not of a wizarding family) who is the smartest witch of.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - he finds it unfair that he must stay with a Muggle family like the Dursleys while his friends and family get to "do something big." One night, after being blamed for making a loud noise outside of the Dursley's window--Harry suspects someone Disapparating--the young wizard storms off. His much-loathed cousin, Dudley Dursley, is now the head of a local street gang, and Harry keeps himself from provoking a fight with them. As Dudley heads home, Harry trails and finally catches up with the boy. As they duck through a shortcut alley, Harry and Dudley get into a fight. Harry brandishes his wand, half-intent on using it, when the world around him shifts. Two dementors attempt to suck the souls from Harry and Dudley. Harry manages, after two unsuccessful attempts, to perform.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Plot of the book The book begins with the Dursleys' guests, the Masons, coming over for dinner, an event during which Harry is to spend his time in his room "making no noise and pretending he doesn't exist". This is the culmination of Harry's generally miserable summer, during which Harry missed Hogwarts very badly, and worse, received not a single letter from his best friends, Ron and Hermione. However, as Harry enters his room in order to follow the orders issued to him, preferrably by sleeping, he finds a House-Elf named Dobby already present on his bed. Dobby warns him not to return to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as scheduled, but cannot explain why due to the fact that the wizard family who owns him has forbidden it..
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - This novel won a Hugo Award in 2001. Plot of the book In this book, Harry Potter spends his summer with the Weasleys in anticipation of the Quidditch World Cup. During the World Cup, a group of Death Eaters attacked a number of muggles, but fled when the Dark Mark - Voldemort's sign - mysterious appeared above them. The sign was found to have been made by a wand found with Winky, the House-Elf of Barty Crouch, a respected minister in the Ministry of Magic. Winky was fired by her master at once. Crouch's treatment of Winky prompts Hermione to start campaigning for elves' rights. When Harry arrives at Hogwarts, he finds that the Triwizard Tournament - which was banned since many participants died during it - was to be restarted,.
Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon - including e-book copies traded on the Internet. When the actual novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in 2003, interest in the unauthorized book quickly faded. Readers who have given Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon even a cursory read quickly noted many errors and inconsistencies between the book's story and the official series written by Rowling. The story centers around a struggle between Harry and his classmates at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and a mysterious wizard. Characters well-known to fans of Rowling's series make an appearance -- the Dursleys, Harry's friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, and his archrival Draco Malfoy. (In a bizarre plot twist, Harry and Hermione become lovers in this story -- something that Rowling has suggested will never happen in the.
Hermione Granger - the Harry Potter book series. She is a young female student at Hogwarts and, with Ron, one of Harry Potter's two best friends there. She is slightly bossy, and bookish. Her thirst for knowledge comes in useful in many of their adventures. One of her favourite subjects at school is Arithmancy. J. K. Rowling created the character of Hermione as a caricature of herself at the age of eleven. The character Hermione is played by Emma Watson in the Harry Potter movies. Harry and Ron do not like Hermione initially; in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, while still on the Hogwarts Express, Ron hopes that he doesn't end up in the same house as her. They later warm to her: she lies to Professor McGonagall to keep them out of.
Hedwig (Harry Potter) - to Harry from Hagrid in the first book of the series, purchased in Diagon Alley while shopping for supplies for Harry's first year at Hogwarts. In the series, owls are used by witches and wizards primarily as message and package couriers (though rats, toads and cats are also acceptable for this purpose), so Hedwig is used for messages throughout the series. Keeping Hedwig at home during summer break continues to be just one more area of conflict between Harry and his muggle guardian aunt and uncle. Harry seems connected to Hedwig, as a usual pet owner would be. In fact, during the fifth book in the series, Harry becomes sorry at being irritable with him, and also is with him when lonely. In Book 5, Hedwig is injured by thestrals while.
Hogsmeade - novels. Hogsmeade is the only pure wizarding settlement in the United Kingdom and is located south of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Third year students and older are permitted to visit the village, as long as they have a signed permission slip from their parent or guardian. Hogsmeade hasn't yet appeared in the films, unless one counts the short sequence where the train arrives at the Hogsmeade station in the first movie. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Three Broomsticks 2 Zonko's Joke Shop 3 The Hogsmeade Station 4 The Hog's Head 5 Dervish and Banges 6 Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop 7 Gladrags Wizardwear 8 Madam Puddifoot's 9 Honeydukes Sweetshop 10 The Post Office 11 The Shrieking Shack The Three Broomsticks A poppular pub which serves butterbear. Madam Rosemerta owns the.
Ginny Weasley - the beginning and ending of the book, both at King's Cross: A minor one at the end of the book where she points at Harry and squeaks "look, it's Harry Potter", and a more substantial one at the beginning of the book, where Harry managed to see her running, half-laughing, half-crying, after the train he was on- which contained her brothers, who were leaving for Hogwarts- then falling back to wave. Ginny's entrance as a more solid character into the storyline co-incided with her entry to Hogwarts at the age of ten in 1992, a year after her brother Ron. While she appeared to play a mostly behind-the-scenes role during the events of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, placed in the school year 1992 - 1993- mainly looking mysteriously.
Gilderoy Lockhart - of middle-aged women and teenaged girls. Gilderoy Lockhart became Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, when in the school year of 1992-1993, he was appointed to the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He made an instant impact there by, in his first lesson, giving his second year class a test which had nothing to do with the subject at hand, but revolved somewhat more around his biography. He was not popular amongst his fellow staff members and was particularly disliked by Professor Severus Snape, who was after the position Gilderoy held. However, teachers and students alike eventually grew to tolerate him. Kenneth Branagh played him onscreen. Gilderoy Lockhart was exposed as a fraud, when, trying to avoid travelling into the Chamber of Secrets, he.
Gifted education - California Indiana The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities Illinois Illinois Math and Science Academy Maryland Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University Texas Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, University of North Texas Fictional gifted programs Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, (X-Men universe) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, (Harry Potter's alma mater) See also Highly gifted, extremely gifted, profoundly gifted.
Godric Gryffindor - J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. One of the four co-founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Godric Gryffindor valued bravery, and founded Gryffindor house. The Sorting Hat originally belonged to Gryffindor. Warning: Spoilers Follow In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter pulled a sword with Gryffindor's name on it out of the Sorting Hat. Albus Dumbledore said only a true Gryffindor could do that..
Gregory Goyle - hates Harry Potter and Harry's friends, just as much as Malfoy does, but probably only because Malfoy told him to. Goyle was born in 1980 and started his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Malfoy and Crabbe in 1991..
