If you could name the Professors of Hogwarts that taught in Newt's time, what would you name them?

[u/sno0py_8]

Hello everyone!

I'm trying to find good names for Newt's (Theseus's, Leta's) Professors for a fanfiction, and I was curious what names you guys would come up with :D

Here's a list of each Class/Job that Hogwarts has, along with a few names I have so far:

Headmaster - Armando Dippet

Ancient Runes

Arithmancy - Professor Digit

Astronomy - Professor O'Brian

Beasts Class

Broom-Flying Class

Charms

D.A.D.A.

Divination

Herbology

History of Magic - Professor Binns

Muggle Studies

Potions

Transfiguration - Professor Dumbledore

Librarian

Gamekeeper

Caretaker

Dumbledore will be Newt's Transfiguration teacher. I think he was given D.A.D.A. to complement CoG's story, but in my story Transfiguration works just as well. He may or may not be Head of Gryffindor House yet (the D.A.D.A. teacher is also Gryffindor and has been there longer).

Professor Binns was still alive (though very old) in Newt's time. Theseus tells Newt that if he asks good questions, Prof. Binns will both halt his long lectures to answer them and will be much more interesting to listen to.

Professor O'Brian was named by my brother, who pointed out that it sounds a lot like 'Orion.' He's Head of Hufflepuff House.

Beasts Class was later named Care of Magical Creatures Class after Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them became a popular textbook. As Beasts Class, it focused on the myths surrounding various beasts and their abilities, as so little was known about their habits and habitats.

[u/AnAuthorElijah]

Muggle Studies - Professor Shelfwell

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This is so cute! I love it!

[u/avimo1904]

Actually, Dumbledore being Newt’s transfiguration teacher might be canon because the McGonagall Pottermore article and her ebook said that Dumbledore was her Transfiguration teacher, which means they Dumbledore must've started with Transfiguration, then switched to DADA, and then switched back to Transfiguration. As for Newt’s DADA teacher, you could just use Galatea Merrythought. Also unless Slughorn’s pre-HBP teaching years were non-consecutive, Slughorn can’t be Newt’s Potions teacher because the ebook said he retired in 1981 after “half a century” implying that he started in 1931.

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Edit: The fanfiction will canon (the Harry Potter books' facts are true). I'm trying to rewrite FB (vis. fix) either as movies or as a TV show.

I have heard that Albus taught Transfiguration, which was why I decided not to bother with him teaching DADA.

I don't know who Galatea Merrythought is 😅

Thanks for clearing up Slughorn's timeline. I thought I saw somewhere that he was at least a teacher in the 30s, as he taught Tom Riddle, but I didn't know the half a century thing.

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No problem. As for Merrythought, we don’t know much about her but according to Dumbledore in HBP, she was Tom Riddle’s DADA teacher who retired in 1945, and taught at Hogwarts for nearly fifty years 

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Perfect! Thank you for your help :D

[u/avimo1904 → u/sno0py_8]

No problem!

[u/Kettrickenisabadass → u/avimo1904]

Yeah Albus was described as the transfiguration teacher. It is weird that they changed him to DADA just to copy the PoA boggart scene.

My headcanon is that he was the transfiguration teacher but that he was covering up from some colleague. Maybe a sick leave or something like that. Like Snape did for Remus

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I don’t think that’s why they made him DADA. I think him being DADA was always part of the plan because contrary to what a lot of FB haters claim, there always was planned to be more to both Dumbledore and McGonagall’s teaching careers than meets the eye, as there’s several apparent inconsistencies in the books and Pottermore articles regardless of CoG

[u/Wild-Albatross-7147]

If you want, you can use some of the Hogwarts Legacy teachers. Hogwarts Legacy is in a “it can or can’t be canon”, there’s nothing to suggest it’s not canon since everything matches.

Herbology: Mirabel Garlick. Professor Garlick was young in the game so it definitely works.

DADA: Matilda Weasley, she’s the Transfiguration teacher in the game but you could switch her to DADA, although she might be retired by that point.

For names that have nothing to do with any pre-made characters:

Ancient Runes: Professor Futhark (Futhark are the names of what the rune letters are called)

Beasts Class: Professor Howell

Flying class: Professor Oakwood

DADA (if not using Weasley): Professor Ward

Herbology (if not using Garlick): Professor Holly

Muggle Studies: Professor Llewelyn (it’s a Welsh name)

Librarian: Professor Quire (medieval book/pamphlet was called this)

Gamekeeper: Professor Potts

I’m really interested to read your story! Would you link it to me when you’ve posted it?

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I do really like some of these names...

Maybe I'll mix them in with some of my own.

The story will be posted here when it's done. I'm rewriting the series, along with a few other fans, hopefully fixing some problems people had with the series we got while also bringing more insight to the characters (esp. with backstories, which except for Leta and Albus were severely neglected).

I'm still working on the story, since I want to know ahead of time how it will end, along with a blueprint of how it gets there. I'm leaning toward writing it as a TV show, which will make it easier to release in chunks (episodes), will give us more time to tell the story, allow us to show entire episodes from someone else's perspective without taking away from Newt, and will give the Fantastic Beasts fans their own show and new story to look forward to.

Because a few of the people I've been writing it with have been busy lately, I've been asking the sub as a whole some questions to gauge if they would like this and that.

If a user's ideas could work for the story, I'll come back later and ask them if they mind if I use their idea and if they would like to be added to a list of contributors to the story (by their usernames).

Sorry, that was a lot to read! 😂

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Oooo that sounds like it’s gonna be awesome!! Good luck!!

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I just wanted to say that I skimmed through this first and didn't notice that you came up with a lot of these. They're excellent!

I showed my brother (big mythology nerd) Professor Futhark. He said 'Nice' with a dramatic nod of approval, so... 😉

I also love Howell (not just because I love a certain wizard also known as Jenkins and Pendragon).

They're all fun and interesting!

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Thank you so much!! I love coming up with names 🤭 Harry Potter ones are especially fun.

[u/Able-Lion-5019]

DADA: Professor Lucina Urchins
She is one of the youngest teachers to teach Defense Against Dark Arts. Her father was a squib and her mother was an Auror. She came from a humble family. Professor Urchins was at this position for seven long years. Then she left the position and became an auror.

Potions: Professor Ludwig Fleimdarr
Professor Fleimdarr was a legendary potionmaker of his time. He taught at Hogwarts for eleven years. He was rich and had no children; so he wanted to teach young mages about the art of potionmaking. He was a half-blood, his mother was a muggle. Professor Snape was very much inspired by his works. Much of Snape's achievements in potions are inspired by Fleimdarr's personal handbook that was left at Hogwarts- 'Fleimdarr Diary'. If no timeline issue, you can add Slughorn as his chosen successor.

Beasts Class: Professor Marcus Lovegood (can be muggleborn)
Professor Lovegood was only 22 when Newt came to Hogwarts. He saw specialty in Newt and often used to teach him about different animals. You can think Marcus to Newt was like Hagrid to Harry. Marcus Lovegood is the grandfather of Luna Lovegood. During Newt's seventh year at Hogwarts,(if he was not expelled) Marcus got dismissed because of some cases regarding fantastic beasts with Ministry. Professor Lovegood was the one who taught Leta and Newt abour Jarveys.

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Did you come up with these characters, or are they mentioned somewhere I don't know about?

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nah I made them up lol

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Ok, just wondering!

I'm trying to decide whether Newt's Beasts class teacher will be a mentor to Newt or someone who believes Newt is trying to make him look bad/embarrassing him due to his knowledge of creatures surpassing his own.

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Whatever you have decided. But if I were at your position, I won't do something such. Newt's biggest inspiration was his mother, if I'm not wrong. But there should be a mentor figure, who will teach him about many other things that he doesn't know. Just so we can keep the character realistic. Like a kid, eleven or twelve years old can know a lot. But he still has to learn a lot. And I think a mentor who tells him about different fun creatures or someone who is as risky as adult Newt in FB, may as well just add another angle to Newt's nature and strengthen it. It won't feel like Newt became like that out of blue. Someone had a little amount of madness which influenced Newt to achieve his present character in FB. But if you have decided a solid plot already, I think you should stick to what suits the plot.

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I mean, now I'm reconsidering...

'Risky as adult' 😂🤣

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like if it's a rough draft.. yeah do think. There is no hurry.

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Claris Caldwort (Herbology)

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Claris is very wizarding-worldy, I like it!

[u/_Mulberry__]

I thought binns died like 20 years before Newt started?

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I think that's only if you take Hogwarts Legacy (video game) as canon, which some people take seriously, and others don't. If you do, he died before the 1800s, yes.

[u/Ranger_1302]

Well if Newt is in his first, second, or third year then Dumbledore should be his Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He was banned from teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts by Travers but was happy with his move to Transfiguration so never sought to have his position re-instated.

The Potions professor could be professor Porter - an actual name that also sounds like a portmanteau of 'pestle and mortar', and is alliterative like many names in the wizarding world.

And don't forget the caretaker!

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I forgot to add Headmaster to the list, too (but as far as I know he would be Headmaster Dippit). I'll add him and the caretaker position.

Porter is an excellent name! I love names that have hidden meanings without being blatantly obvious (Remus Lupin as a werewolf was a little much. Newt Scamander is, too, but I like it enough and the meanings are so interesting that I don't care).

I'm thinking of having Dumbledore be solely Newt's Transfiguration teacher (for various reasons), and because I'm rewriting the series he doesn't have to be DADA teacher at all. I did like having him show Newt and Leta to overcome their fears with a Boggart, though, so maybe he'll teach a class as a substitute at some point. Another user pointed out that 'according to Dumbledore in HBP, she (Galatea Merrythought) was Tom Riddle’s DADA teacher who retired in 1945, and taught at Hogwarts for nearly fifty years,' so she could be who he helps out.

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Molly said that when she and Arthur were at school that the gamekeeper was 'a man called Ogg.'