Is Newt ever mentioned in Harry Potter?

Is Newt ever mentioned in Harry Potter?

You'd have to have the lamp-like eyes of Filch's cat Mrs Norris to spot this one: Newt Scamander actually appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and not just as a name on a textbook.

When did Newt Scamander die?

By the beginning of the 1990s, Scamander was retired and living in Dorset. Professor Scamander, as of 2015, is still alive, as in that year was his 118th birthday....Newton Scamander.

Newton Artemis Fido Scamander
Biographical information
Born	1897
Blood status	Half-blood or Pure-blood
Marital status	Married

How did Newt Scamander die?

Leta in response attacked Grindelwald and blasted his skull-hookah into pieces, sacrificing herself in an effort to give Newt, Theseus and the others time to get away. Before being killed by the dark wizard's flames she said to Newt and Theseus that she loved one of them, leaving Scamander brothers devastated.

Is Newt still alive?

A little over a year after the beginning of the Trials, Newt is in despair over all the deaths he could not prevent and the fact that there is seemingly no way out of the Maze, and he attempts suicide by jumping off a Maze wall. He survives, but his leg is injured, giving him a limp for the rest of his life.

How is Newt Scamander still alive in Harry Potter?

• Newt had already retired by that time. Though Newt is still alive during the Harry Potter series, he never meets Harry (and therefore readers never encounter him in person) because his life doesn’t really intersect with Harry’s. At the time Harry was introduced to the wizarding world, Newt would’ve presumably already retired.

Is there a newt in the Harry Potter movies?

• But some astute fans have noticed that Newt was actually in one of the Harry Potter movies, if only for a second. He's never onscreen physically, but his name can clearly be made out on the Marauder's Map.

Is there a Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts?

• Newt Scamander was definitely a part of the Harry Potter universe before this new Fantastic Beasts movie. It is hard to know whose idea it was to put the little Newt Scamander Easter egg in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, be it J.K. Rowling or director Alfonso Cuaron. Either way, it is definitely a nice little touch, especially now.

Who is still alive in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?

• Rowling’s official Pottermore timeline states that, as of 2015, Newt Scamander is still alive. In the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, however, there’s a portrait of Scamander in the Headmaster’s office.