Wizard of the Month

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Wizard of the Month is a feature of the official website of JK Rowling. Since May 2004 each month another witch or wizard is honoured as 'Wizard of the Month' on her calendar.

Each wizard is pictured, his year of birth and death are given, and their remarkable achievement.

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Wizards and Witches of the Month

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2004

May	Felix Summerbee (1447 - 1508) Inventor of Cheering Charms.
June	Gwenog Jones (1968 - present) Captain and Beater of the only all-female national Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies.
July	Donaghan Tremlett (1972 - present) Bass player with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters.
August	Honoria Nutcombe (1665 - 1743) Founded The Society for the Reformation of Hags.
September	Uric the Oddball (medieval, dates unknown) Highly eccentric wizard who is famed, among other things, for wearing a jellyfish for a hat.
October	Glenda Chittock (1964 - present) Popular presenter of the Wizarding Wireless Network program Witching Hour.
November	Devlin Whitehorn (1945 - present) Founder of the Nimbus Racing Broom Company.
December	Ignatia Wildsmith (1227 - 1320) The witch who invented Floo Powder.

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2005

January	Derwent Shimpling (1912 - present) Ate an entire Venemous Tentacula for a bet and survived, though still purple.
February	Artemisia Lufkin (1754 - 1825) First witch to become Minister for Magic.
March	Mungo Bonham (1560 - 1659) Famous wizard healer. Founded St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
April	Gondoline Oliphant (1720 - 1799) Famous for studies of life and habits of trolls. Clubbed to death in the Cotswolds while sketching.
May	Felix Summerbee (1447 - 1508) Inventor of Cheering Charms.
June	Elfrida Clagg (1612 - 1687) Chieftaness of Wizards' Council.
July	Chauncey Oldridge (1342 - 1379) First known victim of Dragon Pox.
August	Bridget Wenlock (1202 - 1285) Famous Arithmancer. First to establish the magical properties of the number seven.
September	Gaspard Shingleton (1959 - present) Celebrated inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron.
October	Fifi LaFolle (1888 - 1971) Author of the 'Enchanted Encounters' series.
November	Carlotta Pinkstone (1922 - present) Famous campaigner for lifting the International Confederation of Wizard’s Statute of Secrecy and telling Muggles that wizards still exist. Ms. Pinkstone has been imprisoned several times for her blatant and deliberate use of magic in public places.
December	Bowman Wright (1492 - 1560) Famous for developing the Golden Snitch.

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2006

January	Jocunda Sykes (1915 - present) Famous for flying across the Atlantic on a broomstick - the first person to do so.
February	Yardley Platt (1446 - 1557) Serial goblin-killer.
March	Daisy Dodderidge (1467 - 1555) First landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.
April	Grogan Stump (1770 - 1884) Popular Minister for Magic, appointed 1811.
May	Fabius Watkins (1940 - 1975) Legendary Captain and Chaser of Montrose Magpies. Died in freak collision with helicopter.
June	Daisy Hookum (1962 - present) Wrote bestseller 'My Life as a Muggle', after giving up magic for a year. Married to celebrity gardener Tilden Toots.
July	Tarquin McTavish (1955 - present) Imprisoned for crimes against Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish's kettle.
August	Erica Stainwright (1932 - 2001) Disgraced 1950s housekeeping guru who made fortune selling 'cleaning' potions that really generated more mould and grime.
September	Hambledon Quince (1936 - present) Author of controversial theory that wizards originate from Mars, Muggles from mushrooms.
October	Idris Oakby (1872 - 1985) Founder of the S.S.S. (Society for the Support of Squibs).
November	Lorcan d'Eath (1964 - present) Heartthrob singer, part vampire, nineteen weeks at number 1 with hit song 'Necks to You.'
December	Laurentia Fletwock (1947) - present Celebrated breeder and racer of winged horses. Has campaigned for tighter restrictions on broomstick use.

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2007

January	Harvey Ridgebit (1881 - 1973) Dragonologist, caught first Peruvian Vipertooth, established world's largest dragon sanctuary in Romania.
February	Mnemone Radford (1562 - 1649) Developed Memory Modifying Charms. First Ministry of Magic Obliviator.
March	Tilden Toots (1959 - present) ‘The wizard with three green thumbs’ Celebrity herbologist and radio personality.
April	Magenta Comstock (1895 - 1991) Experimental artist whose portraits' eyes not only follow the viewer around the room, but also follow them home.
May	Helga Hufflepuff (Medieval, precise dates unknown) One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts, Hufflepuff was particularly famous for her dexterity at food-related Charms. Many recipes traditionally served at Hogwarts feasts originated with Hufflepuff.
June	Salazar Slytherin (Medieval, precise dates unknown) One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Salazar Slytherin was one of the first recorded Parselmouths, an accomplished Legilimens, and a notorious champion of pureblood supremacy.
July	Godric Gryffindor (Medieval, precise dates unknown) One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Godric Gryffindor was the most accomplished dueller of his time, an enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination and the first owner of the celebrated Sorting Hat.
August	Rowena Ravenclaw Medieval (precise dates unknown). One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowena Ravenclaw was the most brilliant witch of her time, though legend has it that a broken heart - cause unknown - contributed to her early demise.
September	Albus Dumbledore (1881 - 1996) Brilliant and often controvesial headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Albus Dumbledore is most famous for his 1945 defeat of Grindelwald and his steadfast championing of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore's self-proclaimed proudest achievement, however, was featuring on a Famous Wizards Chocolate Frog Card.