Edgar Stroulger (1703 – 1798) was a wizard who invented the Sneakoscope, a Dark Detector that lights up, spins, and whistles if someone is doing something untrustworthy nearby. For this accomplishment, he was commemorated on a bronze Chocolate Frog Card.[2][1]
A portrait of Stroulger was placed on the sixth floor of Hogwarts Castle, guarding a secret passageway. His password was "Surreptitiousness" in 1993.[1]
Etymology
The name "Edgar" is derived from the Old English elements ead "rich", "blessed" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, who is regarded as a saint. The name did not survive long after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).
Appearances
Edgar Stroulger as depicted on a Chocolate Frog Card
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Pottermore (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
Notes and references
| Hogwarts Castle | ||
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| Locations on the sixth floor | ||
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Classroom 6A · Classroom 6B · Corridor · Disused bathroom · East Wing · Empty classroom · Floor 6 Bonus · Glanmore Peakes' Corridor · Horace Slughorn's office · Room of Rewards · Storeroom · Trophy Room · Writing Supplies Room · Staircase between the sixth-floor and seventh-floor corridor | ||
| Portraits, statues and other artwork located on the sixth floor | ||
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Damara Dodderidge · Edgar Stroulger · Edessa Sakndenberg · Glanmore Peakes · Selina Sapworthy · Skeleton in a top hat · Portrait in storeroom · Temeritus Shanks · Vindictus Viridian · Wendelin the Weird |
