Hadrian Whittle was a wizard, Herbologist and the author of Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- This character may have been named after Hadrian Whittle, a British garden designer who has worked with Filmscapes,[2] a company which did landscaping work for the first five Harry Potter films.[3]
- Whittle possibly wrote Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean after the popular Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs.
Etymology[]
The name "Hadrian" comes from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across what is now northern England, near the border with Scotland.[4]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (First mentioned)
