Newton Scamander



"I have visited lairs, burrows and nests across five continents, observed the curious habits of magical beasts in a hundred countries, witnessed their powers, gained their trust and, on occasion, beaten them off with my travelling kettle."

- Newton Scamander

Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander, O.M. (Second Class), (b. 1897) was a famed Magizoologist and author of. Scamander developed an interest in magical creatures early in life, influenced by his mother's breeding of hippogriffs. After attending and being expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic, spending two years in the Office for House-Elf Relocation before joining the Beast Division. In 1918, he was commissioned by Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books to write Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The book became a best seller, making Scamander a respected expert in the field of Magizoology. In his personal life, Scamander married Porpentina Goldstein, and fathered at least one child. By the beginning of the 1990s, Scamander was retired and living in Dorset.

Early life and schooling
Newton Scamander was born in 1897, and developed an interest in magical creatures at an early age, as his mother was a breeder of hippogriffs. As a seven year old, Scamander would regularly dismember Horklumps in his bedroom.

Beginning around 1908, he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was sorted into Hufflepuff. During his time, he enjoyed studying magical creatures. He developed a friendship with Leta Lestrange, a fellow student who both shared his interest in magical beasts as well as a feeling of being an outsider. One day, Leta experiment went too far and endangered the life of a student. Rather than see his good friend expelled, Newt took the blame and was expelled from Hogwarts in her place. Albus Dumbledore, Newt's Transfiguration teacher at the time, argued strongly, but in vain, against his expulsion.

Joining the Ministry of Magic
"...tedious to the extreme..."

- Newt Scamander on his years at the Office for House-Elf Relocation

After being expelled from Hogwarts, Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic and worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. He spent two years in the Office for House-Elf Relocation before transferring to the Beast Division, where his extensive knowledge of magical creatures led to a rapid series of promotions.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
"I was then but a lowly Ministry of Magic employee and leapt at the chance both to augment my pitiful salary of two Sickles a week and to spend my holidays travelling the globe in search of new magical species."

- Newt Scamander on Augustus Worme's offer for him to write Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

In 1918, Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books commissioned Scamander to write the first edition of. Scamander, earning only two Sickles a week working at the Ministry, jumped at the chance for extra money and the opportunity to spend his summers travelling the world.

Scamander travelled to a hundred countries across five continents researching his book, observing many magical creatures. He learned about their abilities, gained their trust, and occasionally beat them with his travelling kettle if they got too dangerous.



Newt became a full time researcher of animals in 1925 and shortly after he completed his global excursion to document magical creatures and their natural habitats; in December 1926, Scamander arrived in New York for what was supposed to be a brief stopover. However, when a Muggle by the name of Jacob Kowalski accidentally opened his magically-expanded suitcase, containing several creatures inside, the episode turned into an incident of major proportions (since magical and non-magical relations in the United States were already frail due to the presence of a Muggle fanatical extremist group, the New Salem Philanthropic Society), requiring the intervention of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. While in New York, Scamander met his future wife, Porpentina Goldstein as well as her sister, Queenie. During the quest to recover his escaped creatures, New had to confront an Obscurial, but it was killed by MACUSA. He revealed that Percival Graves was none other than Gellert Grindelwald.

First published in 1927, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a bestseller. It became an approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and, by the mid-1990s, was in its fifty-second edition.

At some point, Scamander authored A Children's Anthology of Monsters, for younger readers.

More work at the Ministry
In 1947, Scamander was responsible for the inception of the Werewolf Register, and, in 1965, created the Ban on Experimental Breeding, which he considered his proudest moment. Scamander also worked extensively with the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau, which led him on expeditions all over the world, allowing him to collect information for new editions of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Awards and honours
"Regarded as the world authority on magical creatures, Newt Scamander is the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which has been an approved textbook at Hogwarts since its publication in 1927 and can be found in most wizarding households."

- Scamander's Chocolate Frog Card

In 1979, he was awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class, for services to Magizoology. He was also honoured with a Chocolate Frog Card named after him.

Private life
Scamander married Porpentina Goldstein, and together they had at least one child who produced at least one grandson named Rolf.

By the beginning of the 1990s, he was retired and living in Dorset with his wife and their three pet Kneazles, Hoppy, Milly, and Mauler, but was known to study Fire Slugs in the Brazilian rainforest. At some point during the 1993-1994 school year, he visited Hogwarts, possibly to discuss the printing of a version of Fantastic Beasts for Muggle audiences. Following his grandson's marriage to Luna Lovegood, Scamander became the great-grandfather of twin boys, Lorcan and Lysander Scamander.

Personality and traits
Scamander was a dedicated individual who tirelessly researched new information for his book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, even when he was supposedly retired. Considered an authority in the field of Magizoology, his works were respected throughout the wizarding community. Newton was described as eccentric and felt more comfortable around creatures than he did around humans.

Magical abilities and skills

 * Care of Magical Creatures: Newt was interested in Magizoology from a young age and throughout the years, he gained knowledge of a wide variety of creatures from all over the world. He was awarded a famous Wizard Card and an Order of Merlin for services to Magizoology.
 * Potions: In his books, he wrote down hints how parts of magical creatures could be used in potions. It's unknown if this knowledge was theoretical or if he could brew some of the potions himself.
 * History of Magic: Newt also had knowledge of magical history, especially Magizoology. A whole chapter of was devoted to the definitions of beasts, beings and spirits and how the definitions have evolved  in past centuries.
 * Muggle Studies: Newt had studied how Muggles reacted to magical creatures and how beasts included in muggle fairy tales, like fairies, differed from real ones. He also knew about Muggles' awareness of Diricawl and that they believed that they hunted it to extinction. A whole chapter in his book was about Muggle awareness of beasts.

Possessions

 * Wand: His wand is made of Lime with elements of Shell and Bone core.
 * Suitcase: A magical suitcase enchanted with an Undetectable Extension Charm in which he held a number of beasts while he travelled. He could hide the contents from Muggles by flipping a switch on the case. In 1926, whilst visiting the United States of America, the beasts in Newt's suitcase escaped, whereupon he was accosted by Percival Graves, a powerful MACUSA Auror and right-hand man of the American wizarding community's leader, Seraphina Picquery.  The suitcase contains it's own world with many different habitats for each creature. It also contains a place for Newt.  Porpentina Scamander takes the suitcase with Newt inside it to MACUSA headquarters where she tells them about the creatures that have escaped.

Etymology
Scamander's full name is drawn from a variety of sources:
 * Newton refers to the newt creature, which in turn is used as Scamander's nickname, the surname is possibly also taken from the well-known English mathematician Isaac Newton, whose scientific research was coloured by influences of the quasi-magical practise called alchemy;
 * Artemis is the name of the Greek goddess of the hunt; and
 * "Fido" is a common dog name, from the Latin for "faithful."
 * Scamander is a river god in Greek mythology, whose name was possibly chosen for its similarity to "salamander."
 * His nickname, "Newt," is, as stated above, also the name of a small, brightly-coloured salamander-like animal.

Behind the scenes

 * In the first film of a planned Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screen trilogy, slated for release on Friday, 18 November, Eddie Redmayne starred as Newt Scamander.Newton Scamander.jpg
 * Newt Scamander will be a playable character in the video game and will appear as part of  themed LEGO Dimensions sets.
 * In the Harry Potter films, a portrait of Scamander is present in the Headmaster's office, thus implying that he was a past Headmaster of Hogwarts and that he was dead by 1992, as the portrait first appears in Chamber of Secrets. However, the Pottermore Timeline of the Wizarding World (see it here) establishes that Scamander was still alive by 2015, thus making this non-canon.
 * Interestingly, the portrait of Newt Scamander mentioned above bears the monogram of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). Dürer's dates to not match those of Scamander the slightest.
 * In 2001, J. K. Rowling published a real version of for Comic Relief, a UK based charity event. The book was written from an in-universe perspective, and Scamander was credited as the "author" of the work. He is also slated to appear as the star character in a series of films based on this work, beginning with one named after it directly.
 * Newt was the first known Hufflepuff introduced in the series, although this information was not revealed until.
 * When PS undefined was originally translated into German, Newt's name was translated as "Lurch" Scamander. Lurch is a German word for amphibians, a family of animals the newt is also part of. When Fantastic Beasts was translated, his original first name was untranslated instead and Lurch was one of his middle names. This makes his full name in the German version "Newton Artemis Fido Lurch Scamander".
 * Similarly, in the French version of the Harry Potter books, he is named "Norbert Dragonneau" (Dragonneau meaning baby dragon), a possible foreshadowing to Norberta. In the translation of Fantastic Beasts, however, it is said that this is actually a pen name, and the book uses his original name the rest of the time. Even though it's a pen name, the name "Monsieur Dragonneau" is also used in the French trailer for the first film in the trilogy.
 * The "about the author" section of claims that Newt graduated from Hogwarts. It is possible that Newt lied, not wanting to tell all his readers about his expulsion. It is also possible that he may have been readmitted, and allowed to graduate at a later date.

Appearances

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 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
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 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

Notes and references
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