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At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, students must study certain core subjects for the first two years. These compulsory subjects are Astronomy, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, History of Magic, Potions and Transfiguration. Flying lessons are also required during the first year.
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. [10]
Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, [2] or Jo. [3] At birth, she had no middle name. [2] Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing suggested that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. [2]
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943) is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (HPMOR) is a work of Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky published on FanFiction.Net as a serial from February 28, 2010, [1] to March 14, 2015, [2] totaling 122 chapters and over 660,000 words.
The Grey School of Wizardry is an online educational institution founded by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, offering a curriculum in the realm of secular esoteric arts. [1] With inspiration drawn from various sources, including the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Grey School aims to provide a modern, non-religious approach to exploring magic and mysticism.
They also help Harry in Order of the Phoenix when Harry wishes to talk with his godfather, Sirius Black, by creating a distraction, leaving Hogwarts in a state of chaos. They were also members of Dumbledore's Army , a group started by Harry, Ron, and Hermione to teach practical instruction in Defence Against the Dark Arts , which Umbridge had ...