Alice Tolipan (born 15 April, 1982) was a half-blood English witch, and a member of the Tolipan family. She was born in Fulham, London, England, the daughter of Ogden Tolipan and Sarah Tolipan (née Jones). She had an older brother called James, and a younger sister called Beatrice. Her father was a wizard and worked in Wizarding-Muggle relations and personally with the muggle Prime Minister. Her mother was a muggle nurse.
She was Sorted into Gryffindor House on 1 September, 1993. In her third year at school, she joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter.
Biography[]
Early life (1982-1993)[]
Alice was born on 15 April, 1982, and grew up in Fulham, the daughter of a wizard, Ogden Tolipan, and a muggle woman called Sarah Jones. She had a brother called James (born 11 Jun 1978) and a younger sister called Beatrice (born 6 Feb 1983).
Fulham, where she was born, is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in South West London, England, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south-west of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, between Hammersmith and Kensington and Chelsea, facing Wandsworth, Putney and Barn Elms, with the London Wetland Centre in Barnes.
Her father worked in Wizarding-Muggle relations, and sometimes in close contact with the muggle Prime Minister.
Hogwarts years (1993-2000)[]
Alice received her Hogwarts letter in July of 1993. She purchased a wand at Ollivander's that summer, made of vine and phoenix feather. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1993, where Dementors attacked the train, looking for a recently-escaped Azkaban prisoner, Sirius Black .She was then sorted into Gryffindor that night.
She shared a dormitory with Demelza Robins, Charlotte Fawley, and Romilda Vane.
In her third year at school, she joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter, along with her friends, Demelza and Romilda. Dumbledore's Army (also known as the D.A.) was a secret organisation initiated by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley to teach their fellow Hogwarts colleagues proper Defence Against the Dark Arts in 1995. It was founded by Hermione, but taught and led by Harry.
Etymology[]
The given name "Alice" comes from the Old French Aalis, a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements adal, "noble" and heid, "type".
The surname "Tolipan" is a spelling variant of the traditional English surname "Tulipan", meaning "tulip".