

His early losses greatly affected him early on, even at his death many years later, but, in turn, made him a better person.

His father died in Azkaban when Albus was young, while his mother and sister were later accidentally killed. He was the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana. A Muggle-supporting wizard, though the complete opposite in his earlier years, he was considered to have been the greatest wizard of modern times, perhaps of all time. He also served as Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards (?–1995) and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot (?–1995 1996–1997). He was the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, later the Transfiguration Professor, and later the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Summer 1881 – 30 June, 1997) was an English half-blood wizard. Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, O.M. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day that I met him." - Albus Dumbledore's obituary by Elphias Doge That he was the most inspiring and the best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is as nothing compared to the Wizarding world's. " Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy.
