Gaspard Shingleton
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Gaspard Shingleton was the celebrated inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron (FW). Read More
Gaspard Shingleton, wizarding inventor, is born
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He goes on to invent the self-stirring cauldron (FW). Read More
Gideon Crumb
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Gideon Crumb played the bagpipes in the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters. Read More
Gifford Ollerton
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Gifford Ollerton was a famous giant-slayer. He killed the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton, and became the town’s local hero (FW). Read More
Gifford Ollerton, a famous giant slayer, is born
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Gifford Ollerton, the famous giant slayer, dies
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He dies having become a local hero for his defeat of the giant Hengist. Read More
Gifford Ollerton kills the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton
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His defeat of the giant makes him a local hero. Read More
Glanmore Peakes
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Glanmore Peakes was a wizard who was famous for slaying the sea serpent of Cromer (FW). Read More
Glanmore Peakes, slayer of the sea serpent of Cromer, is born
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Glanmore Peakes, slayer of the sea serpent of Cromer, dies
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Glover Hipworth
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Glover Hipworth was the inventor of Pepperup Potion (FW). Read More
Glover Hipworth, inventor of Pepperup Potion, is born
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Glover Hipworth, inventor of Pepperup Potion, dies
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Goblin rights pioneer Oswald Beamish is born
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The wizard would go on to work on behalf of Goblin rights (FW). Read More
Goblin rights pioneer Oswald Beamish dies
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The wizard activist dies, leaving a legacy of advocacy for the rights of Goblins (FW). Read More
Golden Snitch inventor Bowman Wright dies
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Goliath
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Mercenary giant used by the Philistines in their war with the Israelites. Was slain by a young boy with a slingshot (fw). Read More
Gondoline Oliphant is clubbed to death by trolls
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The troll researcher was sketching in the Cotswolds at the time (FW). Read More
Gondoline Oliphant, troll expert, is born
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Oliphant became an expert in trolls and studied them in their natural habitat (FW). Read More
Gorsemoor
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Place
In 1556, Gorsemoor was the birthplace of Gunhilda of Gorsemoor, who went on to become a beloved Healer and develop the cure for Dragon Pox (FW). Read More
Miranda Goshawk (1921-)
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Famous author of the Standard Book of Spells series of books (Standard Book of Spells Grade One through [known] Grade Six) which are required textbooks for students at Hogwarts (PS5, PA4, GF10, OP9, HBP9). Read More
Hermione Granger
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Resourceful, principled and brilliant, Hermione Jean Granger is easily the brightest witch of her generation. She, along with Ron Weasley, is one of Harry Potter’s closest friends. She is also Muggle-born (her parents were dentists – PS12), and so is a living, breathing example of the fallacy of pureblood… Read More
Merton Graves
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Merton Graves was the cello player for the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters. Read More
Greece
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Countries
Greece is as steeped in history in the wizarding world as it is in the Muggle world. In fact, when Albus Dumbledore and Elphias Doge planned to take a Grand Tour of the world upon graduating Hogwarts, Greece was to be their first stop (DH18). This is understandable, as… Read More
Gregory the Smarmy
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Gregory the Smarmy was a medieval wizarding inventor who created Gregory’s Unctuous Unction, a potion which induces the drinker to believe that the one who gave them the potion is their best friend (FW). Read More
Greta Catchlove, author of Charm Your Own Cheese, is born
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Gringott
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The goblin who founded of Gringotts Wizarding Bank in 1474 (FW, WWHP). Read More
Grogan Stump, a very popular Minister for Magic, is born
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He would go on to add new departments and divisions to the Ministry (FB, FW, Pm). Read More
Grogan Stump, very popular Minister for Magic, dies
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The former Minister was responsible for additions of new divisions within the Ministry (FB, Pm). He died at the age of 114 (FW). Read More
Alberic Grunnion
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Alberic Grunnion was the inventor of the Dungbomb (FW). His Chocolate Frog card was one of the ones Harry received on his first journey to Hogwarts (PS6). Read More
Godric Gryffindor
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Godric Gryffindor was the founder of Gryffindor House and one of the co-founders of Hogwarts, described as one of “the four greatest witches and wizards of the age” (along with the other three founders) (CS9). Read More
Malodora Grymm
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Malodora Grymm was a famous hag. She used a beautification potion to conceal her true form, married a king, and used a charmed mirror to reinforce her self-image. She became jealous of the most beautiful girl in the land and fed her a poisoned apple to get rid of her. Read More
Gulliver Pokeby
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Gulliver Pokeby was a wizard who studied magical birds. He wrote about his discovery that the cry of an augurey foretells rain, not death, in his book Why I Didn’t Die When the Augurey Cried (FB, Pm). Read More
Gulliver Pokeby, expert on magical birds, is born
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He would go on to write about his discovery that the cry of an augurey foretells rain, not death, in his bookWhy I Didn’t Die When the Augurey Cried (FB, Pm)… Read More
Gulliver Pokeby, expert on magical birds, dies
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He authored Why I Didn’t Die When the Augurey Cried(FW, FB). Read More
Gunhilda of Gorsemoor
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Gunhilda was a one-eyed, hump-backed witch who was a beloved healer in the 16th Century. Gunhilda is known for developing a cure for Dragon Pox (FW). A statue of Gunhilda stands in the corridors of Hogwarts; a secret passageway leading to Honeydukes’ in Hogsmeade opens with a door in her hump… Read More
Gunhilda of Gorsemoor born
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She was a famous Healer who developed the cure for dragon pox (FW). Read More
Gunhilda of Gorsemoor, inventor of the cure for dragon pox, dies
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Her passing is mourned by the Wizarding community (FW). Read More
Gwenog Jones
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Gwenog Jones is the retired Captain and Beater of the only all-female professional Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies, and manager of the Welsh National Team in 2014. After a game she enjoys relaxing with friends, drinking butterbeer, and listening to The Weird Sisters (FW). Read More
Gwenog Jones, famous Captain and Beater for the Holyhead Harpies, is born
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The formidable Jones goes on to gain the admiration of people ranging from her professors at Hogwarts to quidditch fans (DP, HPB14, FW). Read More