Algie Longbottom

Algie was a pure-blood wizard, and the great-uncle of Neville Longbottom.

Neville's family initially believed he might have been a Squib, but Algie was determined to catch Neville off his guard and "force some magic" from him. He once pushed Neville off the end of Blackpool pier, but the boy nearly drowned. When Neville was eight, Algie "accidentally" dropped him from an upstairs window, and the boy bounced, proving that he was in fact a wizard.

It was Algie who gave Neville his pet toad Trevor, as a "reward" for gaining entrance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991, and his Mimbulus Mimbletonia plant in 1995.

Etymology
Algie is a short form of the name Algernon (the original name of Augustus Rookwood), originally a Norman French name derived from aux gernons, meaning "having a moustache" This is the name of a main character in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Algie is also a homophone of the plant-like organisms algae, possibly referring to the interest in Herbology that Algie and his great-nephew seem to share.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Notes and references
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