Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) The Order of the Phoenix is a secret organisation in the "Harry Potter" series of fiction books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Before the Harry Potter series starts – when the character Lord Voldemort declared war on the wizarding world – Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and an upstanding and powerful citizen of the wizarding
The Headmaster (book) 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 of a man and his wife." Jan Ophus wrote in "Education Week" in