Who is the best wizard?

As I have been know to do I was listening to NPR and they were doing a small piece about Harry Potter. Imagine that since the last installment of the movies opens this weekend. The "reporter" made some comment about Dumbeldore being the greatest wizard to ever live and I wondered if that were true. I know these are all mostly in some opinion to be fictional characters but what if someone were to write a book, paper, short story or whatever comparing, contrasting and displaying the many talents of Dumbeldore, Merlin and Gandalf? Who would turn out to be the greatest wizard of all time? Would the "reporters" statement be true the Dumbeldore is the greatest or would it be a different wizard from fiction? I told Ben my thoughts and he said are you going to do it and I said uh no. One I really don't like research and probably by the time I got around to getting it all done someone else would have beaten me to the punch. Who knows maybe someone already has.


I have already thought of several things that stand in my way, I won't really born you with them but I just know that they are there. Oh well, maybe someone else more scholarly and with a bit more knowledge on the subject will take up the reigns and write this one. I know I would read it. Gosh I did not even think about if you would make a comparison between Gandalf the Grey and Gandlaf the white. Do you think it matters, is he two different wizards?