What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter manuscript, submitted to publishers in 1995?

J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter manuscript was titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Rowling completed the manuscript in the mid-1990s and began submitting it to publishers in 1995. Bloomsbury accepted the book, and it was published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997.

The novel introduces Harry Potter, a boy who discovers that he is a wizard and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its central mystery concerns the Philosopher’s Stone, a legendary object associated with Nicholas Flamel and the search for immortality.

The United States edition changed the title to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. That alternate title sometimes causes confusion in international quizzes, but Philosopher’s Stone is the original British title and the title used in most of the world.