The actual historical Nicolas Flamel was married. According to Wikipedia his wife does indeed appear [EDIT: no, apparently just “is indeed mentioned”; thanks, solipsist] in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
his wife does indeed appear in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Not exactly. She is mentioned in a couple of references to Nicolas. If memory serves, these are a biography of Flamel, and at the end when Dumbledore mentions that Flamel and his wife have decided to destroy the Philosopher’s Stone.
Most everything about him in MoR, except for the part where he’s immortal, lines up quite well with the historical figure: he published his findings regarding the Philosopher’s stone, diagrams included. Of note is that the supposed real-world philosopher’s stone did not immediately give Flammel the results he wanted; according to the book published in his name, some years passed between him getting it to transmute silver and getting it to transmute gold.
Historical Flammel also has an official grave site in France (Paris, if I remember correctly); I want to think he lived to his eighties, but it’s been a few months since I last read about him.
The book-supposedly-by-Flammel mentions a mysterious old mage that helped him along the way; I would expect myself to go “SQUEEEE!” if it turned out Flammel’s mysterious old wizard got mentioned in HPMoR.
Historical Flammel also has an official grave site in France (Paris, if I remember correctly); I want to think he lived to his eighties, but it’s been a few months since I last read about him.
I recall hearing that “grave” does not contain a body, although I’m not sure how the person who told me that knew. (They were suggesting using him in fiction, much as HPMOR did.)
The actual historical Nicolas Flamel was married. According to Wikipedia his wife does indeed appear [EDIT: no, apparently just “is indeed mentioned”; thanks, solipsist] in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Not exactly. She is mentioned in a couple of references to Nicolas. If memory serves, these are a biography of Flamel, and at the end when Dumbledore mentions that Flamel and his wife have decided to destroy the Philosopher’s Stone.
That guy is real? Wow.
Most everything about him in MoR, except for the part where he’s immortal, lines up quite well with the historical figure: he published his findings regarding the Philosopher’s stone, diagrams included. Of note is that the supposed real-world philosopher’s stone did not immediately give Flammel the results he wanted; according to the book published in his name, some years passed between him getting it to transmute silver and getting it to transmute gold.
Historical Flammel also has an official grave site in France (Paris, if I remember correctly); I want to think he lived to his eighties, but it’s been a few months since I last read about him.
The book-supposedly-by-Flammel mentions a mysterious old mage that helped him along the way; I would expect myself to go “SQUEEEE!” if it turned out Flammel’s mysterious old wizard got mentioned in HPMoR.
I recall hearing that “grave” does not contain a body, although I’m not sure how the person who told me that knew. (They were suggesting using him in fiction, much as HPMOR did.)