Bookseller and alchemist: He is alleged to have been the most accomplished of the European alchemists, with many references to him or his writings appearing in alchemical texts of the 1500s. He is mentioned in J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer Stone. Flamel is listed as the 8th "Grand Master of the Priory of Sion" (1398-1418) as part of a 1950s hoax where his name was planted in the French National Library in the "Dossiers Secrets". This resulted in him being mentioned in the 1982 pseudohistory book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and then in Dan Brown's bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code. Many of the names of "Grand Masters" were evidently chosen for some sort of connection with alchemy. He is also mentioned in Victor Hugo's book The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Bookseller and alchemist: He is alleged to have been the most accomplished of the European alchemists, with many references to him or his writings appearing in alchemical texts of the 1500s. He is mentioned in J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer Stone. Flamel is listed as the 8th "Grand Master of the Priory of Sion" (1398-1418) as part of a 1950s hoax where his name was planted in the French National Library in the "Dossiers Secrets". This resulted in him being mentioned in the 1982 pseudohistory book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and then in Dan Brown's bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code. Many of the names of "Grand Masters" were evidently chosen for some sort of connection with alchemy. He is also mentioned in Victor Hugo's book The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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