Heliotrope Wilkins

Heliotrope Wilkins
Biographical information
Died	c. 1992 or earlier
Title(s)	Professor Headmistress
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Skin color	White
Relationship information
Family members	Ella Wilkins (possibly)
Affiliation
Occupation	Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Loyalty	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Wilkins family

Professor Heliotrope Wilkins was a witch, and former headmistress of Hogwarts.

Biography

Lifetime

Heliotrope served as Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sometime before Armando Dippet.

Post-mortem

After her death, sometime in or before 1992, her portrait was painted and hung in the Headmaster's office, in order to give advice to the current Head. She also had portraits hung at the Grand Staircase.

Behind the scenes

• Heliotrope Wilkins's portrait seems to be a direct reference to a 1766 portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by Allan Ramsay.

Etymology

Heliotrope is a term used to describe a plant, which turns to face the sun, derived from the Greek helios, "sun", and tropein, "to turn." In the language of flowers, heliotropes represent devotion. Miss Heliotrope is a character in The Little White Horse, a 1946 novel by Elizabeth Goudge, which was a childhood favourite of J. K. Rowling.

Wilkins is an English patronymic surname based on Wilkin, a nickname of the given names Will and William, which both derive from Wilhelm, a Germanic name made up of the elements wil, "will", and helm, "helmet". on Behind the Name</ref> This was also the surname Hermione Granger chose, when she invented new identities for her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granger, and sent them into hiding for safety's sake, during the Second Wizarding War.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Appears in portrait(s))
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Appears in portrait(s))