Who is Garrick Ollivander?
Born September 25, Garrick Ollivander was considered the worlds best wand maker. Garrick was born from a wizard father and a muggle-born mother. He had an incomparable understanding of wandcraft. When it comes to hobbies, Ollivander had none. His profession was his obsession.
An Institution
It is believed by Garrick Ollivander, a descendant of the original Ollivander, that the founder of Ollivanders arrived with the Romans, setting up a stall (which, in due course, evolved into a shop) to manufacture and sell wands to the ancient British wizards, whose wands were crudely-made and inferior in quality and performance.
The Customer is Always Right
In 1991, Harry Potter was taken to Ollivanders by Rubeus Hagrid in order to get Harry a wand for his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry tried dozens of wands before he was chosen by a wand of Holly and Phoenix Feather. Mr Ollivander said that he had remembered every wand he had ever sold, and he found it curious that Harry should be destined for a wand that was brother to the one that had killed Harry's parents, and had almost killed him.