Albus Dumbledore Snape saying, "Severus, please ...". To what Dumbledore was referring is not revealed until the seventh book. Dumbledore dies in Hogwarts' grounds. Shortly after his death, Dumbledore's portrait magically appears in the Headmaster's office. His funeral is attended by students, Hogwarts staff, members of the Ministry of Magic, ghosts, centaurs, merpeople and others who wish to pay their respects. Shrouded in purple velvet, he is entombed in a white marble sarcophagus beside the lake at Hogwarts, and it is said that he is the only headmaster to be buried on the school grounds. Rowling used several chapters in "Harry Potter
The Headmaster (book) 2000 that the book should be required reading for every high school principal. The Headmaster (book) The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield is a 1966 book by John McPhee, profiling Frank Boyden, the long-time headmaster of Deerfield Academy, which grew out of a magazine profile in "The New Yorker". The "Kirkus" review called the book an "effortless portrait" and wrote that it was "much more interesting" than Roger Drury's "Drury of St. Paul's" (1964). The "Boston Globe" review noted that the book was not only a depiction of Boyden, but also "a record of the touching and memorable partnership