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|born=Before [[1976]]<ref name="Birth">As Charity was employed at Hogwarts by 1993, she must have been of age (17) by then.</ref>
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|died=[[July]],<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref> [[1997]]<br />[[Malfoy Manor]]
 
|blood=[[Pure-blood]] or [[half-blood]] (possibly)<ref name="Blood">Voldemort made no reference to Burbage herself being a "thief of knowledge and magic", which he would likely have done had she been a Muggle-born. However, this is not a concrete confirmation on her blood status.</ref>
 
|blood=[[Pure-blood]] or [[half-blood]] (possibly)<ref name="Blood">Voldemort made no reference to Burbage herself being a "thief of knowledge and magic", which he would likely have done had she been a Muggle-born. However, this is not a concrete confirmation on her blood status.</ref>
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{{Quote|Wizards, she says, must accept these [[Muggle-born|thieves]] of their knowledge and magic. The dwindling of the pure-bloods is, says Professor Burbage, a most desirable circumstance... She would have us all mate with Muggles...|[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] ridiculing Charity Burbage to his followers before killing her.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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{{Quote|Wizards, she says, must accept these [[Muggle-born|thieves]] of their knowledge and magic. The dwindling of the pure-bloods is, says Professor Burbage, a most desirable circumstance... She would have us all mate with Muggles ''[...]'' |[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] ridiculing Charity Burbage|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
'''Professor Charity Burbage''' (d. [[July]], [[1997]]) was the [[Professor]] of [[Muggle Studies]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] after the departure of [[Male Muggle Studies teacher|the wizard]] who formerly held the post. Her career lasted from [[1993]] to [[1997]], and in these years she taught how [[Muggle]]s weren't so different from [[Wizards|wizards and witches]], but this belief became her end when [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] killed her for her views during the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]].
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'''Professor Charity Burbage''' (d. [[July]], [[1997]]) was the [[Professor]] of [[Muggle Studies]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] after the departure of [[Male Muggle Studies teacher|the wizard]] who formerly held the post. Her career lasted from [[1993]] to [[1997]], and in these years she taught how [[Muggle]]s were not so different from [[Wizards|wizards and witches]].
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Her belief in equality between Wizards and Muggles became her end when [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] [[Killing Curse|murdered]] her for her views during the [[meeting at Malfoy Manor]], during the height of the [[Second Wizarding War]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Early life===
 
===Early life===
Charity was born to Mr. and Mrs. Burbage<ref name="maritalstatus"/> somewhere in [[Great Britain]]. Her parentage is unknown, but it is possible that she was [[half-blood]] or [[pure-blood]].<ref name="Blood"/>
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Charity was born to Mr and Mrs Burbage<ref name="maritalstatus"/> somewhere in [[Great Britain]]. Her parentage is unknown, but it is possible that she was [[half-blood]] or [[pure-blood]].<ref name="Blood"/>
   
 
Burbage probably studied magic at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and it is likely that she achieved a high graded [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] and [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] in [[Muggle Studies]] as later in her life she went on to teach this subject for four years. She may have also done examinations in both [[Muggle Art]] and [[Muggle Music]], as both appear to be separate branches of the same subject.
 
Burbage probably studied magic at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and it is likely that she achieved a high graded [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] and [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] in [[Muggle Studies]] as later in her life she went on to teach this subject for four years. She may have also done examinations in both [[Muggle Art]] and [[Muggle Music]], as both appear to be separate branches of the same subject.
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===Career as a professor===
 
===Career as a professor===
 
====[[1993–1994 school year]]====
 
====[[1993–1994 school year]]====
 
{{Quote|It'll be fascinating to learn about Muggles from a wizard's point of view.|Hermione Granger awaiting Professor Burbage's class|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
Burbage went on to return to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] from which she studied and took up the post of [[Muggle Studies]] [[Professor]], replacing [[Unidentified male Muggle Studies teacher|a male teacher]]. Her office was located on the [[Muggle Studies Classroom|first floor]] (indicated as where Hermione took her Muggle Studies exam) and it was full of Muggle toys and instruments, suggesting it was possibly used for [[Muggle Music]] classes too.
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Burbage went on to return to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] from which she studied and took up the post of [[Muggle Studies]] [[professor]], replacing [[Unidentified male Muggle Studies teacher|a male teacher]]. Her office was located on the [[Muggle Studies Classroom|first floor]] (indicated as where Hermione took her Muggle Studies exam) and it was full of Muggle toys and instruments, suggesting it was possibly used for [[Muggle Music]] classes too.
   
Burbage's class was described as 'a soft option', as opposed to [[Minerva McGonagall]]'s [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]] classes. However, [[Percy Weasley]] proposed that her classes were very useful, especially if her students were planning a career in Muggle relations; his father being a case in point. She apparently gave quite a bit of homework, such as essays on why Muggles need [[electricity]].
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Burbage's class was described as 'a soft option,' as opposed to [[Minerva McGonagall]]'s [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]] classes. However, [[Percy Weasley]] proposed that her classes were very useful, especially if her students were planning a career in Muggle relations; his father being a case in point. She apparently gave quite a bit of homework, such as essays on why Muggles need [[electricity]].
   
For unknown reasons, Professor Burbage kept a [[Lumos Duo spellbook|Lumos Duo spell book]] in her classroom.
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For unknown reasons, Professor Burbage kept a [[Lumos Duo spellbook]] in her classroom. Professor Burbage also came to consider the [[Potions master]], [[Severus Snape|Professor Severus Snape]], a friend.
 
Professor Burbage also came to consider the [[Potions master]], [[Severus Snape|Professor Severus Snape]], a friend.
 
 
{{Quote|It'll be fascinating to learn about Muggles from a wizard's point of view.|Hermione Granger awaiting Professor Burbage's class.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
 
   
 
Third-years [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]] both took Burbage's class and found her teaching fascinating. During this year, Burbage gave homework requiring her students to write an essay entitled ''[[Explain Why Muggles Need Electricity]]''. At the end of the year, Hermione Granger dropped [[Muggle Studies]], leaving Burbage without a star pupil.
 
Third-years [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]] both took Burbage's class and found her teaching fascinating. During this year, Burbage gave homework requiring her students to write an essay entitled ''[[Explain Why Muggles Need Electricity]]''. At the end of the year, Hermione Granger dropped [[Muggle Studies]], leaving Burbage without a star pupil.
   
 
===Death===
 
===Death===
[[File:Charity_Burbage_DH_1.png|thumb]]
 
{{Quote|''Avada Kedavra''. Nagini, dinner.|Lord Voldemort casting the curse that killed Burbage and feeding her body to his snake.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
   
 
{{Quote| ''Avada Kedavra''". Nagini, dinner.|Lord Voldemort casting the curse that killed Burbage|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
During the summer holidays, Burbage was abducted by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]]. An official statement claimed that she had "resigned", although many who knew her were suspicious about her disappearance. She was suspended upside down over a table at [[Malfoy Manor]] while the Death Eaters were [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor|having a meeting there]], where her abductors mocked her and her subject.
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[[File:Death_Eater_Meeting.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Burbage (far left) during the Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor.]]During the summer holidays, Burbage was abducted by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]]. An official statement claimed that she had 'resigned,' although many who knew her were suspicious about her disappearance. She was suspended upside down over a table at [[Malfoy Manor]] while the Death Eaters were [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor|having a meeting there]], where her abductors mocked her and her subject.
 
[[File:Death_Eater_Meeting.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Burbage (far left) during the [[Death Eater]] meeting at [[Malfoy Manor]].]]
 
   
 
Burbage, noticing [[Severus Snape|Snape]] was one of them, begged him to save her. He couldn't do anything except sit and watch as his master, Voldemort, [[Killing Curse|killed]] her and fed her body to his snake, [[Nagini]].
 
Burbage, noticing [[Severus Snape|Snape]] was one of them, begged him to save her. He couldn't do anything except sit and watch as his master, Voldemort, [[Killing Curse|killed]] her and fed her body to his snake, [[Nagini]].
   
 
===Post-mortem===
 
===Post-mortem===
 
{{Quote|Alecto, Amycus's sister, teaches Muggle Studies, which is compulsory for everyone. We've all got to listen to her explain how Muggles are like animals, stupid and dirty, and how they drive wizards into hiding by being vicious toward them, and how the natural order is being re-established. I got this one for asking her how much Muggle blood she and her brother have got.|[[Neville Longbottom]] on Burbage's sucessor, Alecto Carrow|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
[[File:DH1_Charity_Burbage_and_Wormtail.jpg|thumb|162px|Charity Burbage hung up in the air guarded by Wormtail during the [[Death Eater]]'s meeting]]
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[[File:DH1_Charity_Burbage_and_Wormtail.jpg|thumb|225x225px|Charity Burbage hung up in the air guarded by Wormtail during the [[Death Eater]]'s meeting.]]
{{Quote|Alecto, Amycus's sister, teaches Muggle Studies, which is compulsory for everyone. We've all got to listen to her explain how Muggles are like animals, stupid and dirty, and how they drive wizards into hiding by being vicious toward them, and how the natural order is being re-established. I got this one for asking her how much Muggle blood she and her brother have got.|[[Neville Longbottom]] on Burbage's sucessor, Alecto Carrow.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
 
No one knew of Burbage's whereabouts after her death. Sometime before [[27 July]], Charity Burbage's alleged resignation from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] was briefly mentioned of the front page of the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. However, members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] did not believe it, as they were unable to locate her anywhere after the summer.
 
No one knew of Burbage's whereabouts after her death. Sometime before [[27 July]], Charity Burbage's alleged resignation from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] was briefly mentioned of the front page of the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. However, members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] did not believe it, as they were unable to locate her anywhere after the summer.
 
[[File:DH1_Charity_Burbage_has_been_killed.jpg|thumb|left|Charity's body seconds after her death]]
 
   
 
Sometime after the [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic]], an editorial was published on the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'' disregarding Burbage's previous editorial and informing the public she was reported in hiding. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''</ref>
 
Sometime after the [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic]], an editorial was published on the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'' disregarding Burbage's previous editorial and informing the public she was reported in hiding. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''</ref>
   
 
[[File:DH1_Charity_Burbage_has_been_killed.jpg|thumb|left|Charity's lifeless body.|242x242px]]
[[File:Nagini_at_Malfoy_Manor_Dining_Table.jpg|thumb|252px|Nagini slithering on the table in [[Malfoy Manor]] about to strike Charity Burbage]]
 
   
 
On [[1 September]] [[1997]], under the tenure of [[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]], attendance of [[Muggle Studies]] class was made mandatory by the [[Death Eater]]-controlled [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], under professor [[Alecto Carrow]]. It is unknown whether Burbage's true fate was ever uncovered and revealed to the [[wizarding world]] after the [[Second Wizarding War]].
 
On [[1 September]] [[1997]], under the tenure of [[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]], attendance of [[Muggle Studies]] class was made mandatory by the [[Death Eater]]-controlled [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], under professor [[Alecto Carrow]]. It is unknown whether Burbage's true fate was ever uncovered and revealed to the [[wizarding world]] after the [[Second Wizarding War]].
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*'''[[Muggle Studies]]''': Charity had knowledge of [[muggles]] and muggle devices considering that she was the professor of Muggle Studdies at [[Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry]], she must have achieved a [[N.E.W.T.]] in the suject.
   
 
==Relationships==
 
==Relationships==
 
===Severus Snape===
 
===Severus Snape===
{{Quote|Severus, please. We're friends.|Burbage pleads [[Severus Snape]] to save her, moments before her murder.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}}
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{{Quote|Severus, please. We're friends.|Burbage pleads [[Severus Snape]] to save her, moments before her murder|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}}
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During her employment at [[Hogwarts Castle|Hogwarts]], Charity considered herself to be friends with fellow [[professor]] [[Severus Snape]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref> She begged him to save her during the [[Death Eater]] meeting at [[Malfoy Manor]] in the summer of [[1997]]. Despite his apparent murder of [[Albus Dumbledore]] (unbeknownst to most people, Dumbledore had planned his death with Snape), she stated during the meeting that she and Snape were friends. She may have suspected that the circumstances surrounding Dumbledore's "murder" were not what they appeared to be.
   
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Unfortunately Snape could do nothing to help her, as he needed to pretend that he was a truly loyal follower of Voldemort. Any attempt to save Charity would have resulted in both of them being killed.
During their stay at [[Hogwarts Castle|Hogwarts]], Charity was friends with fellow [[Professor]] [[Severus Snape]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref> She had enough trust in him to beg him to save her during the [[Death Eater]] meeting at [[Malfoy Manor]] in the summer of [[1997]], even after his murder of [[Albus Dumbledore]], saying that they were friends. Unfortunately, Snape couldn't help her because he needed Voldemort to trust him and the outcome would have still been the same and with Snape being killed as well.
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*Burbage is portrayed by [[Great Britain|British]] actress [[Carolyn Pickles]] in the [[Harry Potter films|film adaptation]] of [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/6/12/deathly-hallows-movie-updates-charity-burbage-cast-possible-historic-home-for-exterior-shots-and-more Deathly Hallows Movie Updates: Charity Burbage Cast, Possible Historic Home for Exterior Shots and More]</ref>.
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*Burbage is portrayed by [[Great Britain|British]] actress [[Carolyn Pickles]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''.<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/6/12/deathly-hallows-movie-updates-charity-burbage-cast-possible-historic-home-for-exterior-shots-and-more Deathly Hallows Movie Updates: Charity Burbage Cast, Possible Historic Home for Exterior Shots and More]</ref>
*Charity says the same last words that Albus Dumbledore did, except she adds another ''"please"''.
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*Charity says the same last words that Albus Dumbledore did, except she adds another 'please'.
 
*Charity Burbage was preceded and succeeded by professors who served Lord Voldemort, though [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] only fell to Voldemort during his year off after leaving the job; she herself was murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].
 
*Charity Burbage was preceded and succeeded by professors who served Lord Voldemort, though [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] only fell to Voldemort during his year off after leaving the job; she herself was murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].
 
*[[Carolyn Pickles]] shares the same birthdate as [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], who portrays [[Bartemius Crouch Sr]], and [[John Williams]], the composer of the first three films.
 
*[[Carolyn Pickles]] shares the same birthdate as [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], who portrays [[Bartemius Crouch Sr]], and [[John Williams]], the composer of the first three films.
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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
"Charity" is from the English word ''charity'', ultimately derived from Late Latin ''caritas'' meaning "generous love", from Latin ''carus'' "dear, beloved". Caritas was in use as a Roman Christian name. The English name Charity came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.
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'Charity' is from the English word ''charity'', ultimately derived from Late Latin ''caritas'' meaning "generous love", from Latin ''carus'' 'dear, beloved.' Caritas was in use as a Roman Christian name. The English name Charity came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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"Wizards, she says, must accept these thieves of their knowledge and magic. The dwindling of the pure-bloods is, says Professor Burbage, a most desirable circumstance... She would have us all mate with Muggles [...] "
Lord Voldemort ridiculing Charity Burbage[src]

Professor Charity Burbage (d. July, 1997) was the Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after the departure of the wizard who formerly held the post. Her career lasted from 1993 to 1997, and in these years she taught how Muggles were not so different from wizards and witches.

Her belief in equality between Wizards and Muggles became her end when Lord Voldemort murdered her for her views during the meeting at Malfoy Manor, during the height of the Second Wizarding War.

Biography

Early life

Charity was born to Mr and Mrs Burbage[4] somewhere in Great Britain. Her parentage is unknown, but it is possible that she was half-blood or pure-blood.[3]

Burbage probably studied magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and it is likely that she achieved a high graded O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. in Muggle Studies as later in her life she went on to teach this subject for four years. She may have also done examinations in both Muggle Art and Muggle Music, as both appear to be separate branches of the same subject.

Career as a professor

1993–1994 school year

"It'll be fascinating to learn about Muggles from a wizard's point of view."
— Hermione Granger awaiting Professor Burbage's class[src]

Burbage went on to return to Hogwarts from which she studied and took up the post of Muggle Studies professor, replacing a male teacher. Her office was located on the first floor (indicated as where Hermione took her Muggle Studies exam) and it was full of Muggle toys and instruments, suggesting it was possibly used for Muggle Music classes too.

Burbage's class was described as 'a soft option,' as opposed to Minerva McGonagall's Transfiguration classes. However, Percy Weasley proposed that her classes were very useful, especially if her students were planning a career in Muggle relations; his father being a case in point. She apparently gave quite a bit of homework, such as essays on why Muggles need electricity.

For unknown reasons, Professor Burbage kept a Lumos Duo spellbook in her classroom. Professor Burbage also came to consider the Potions master, Professor Severus Snape, a friend.

Third-years Hermione Granger and Ernie Macmillan both took Burbage's class and found her teaching fascinating. During this year, Burbage gave homework requiring her students to write an essay entitled Explain Why Muggles Need Electricity. At the end of the year, Hermione Granger dropped Muggle Studies, leaving Burbage without a star pupil.

Death

" Avada Kedavra". Nagini, dinner."
— Lord Voldemort casting the curse that killed Burbage[src]
Death Eater Meeting

Burbage (far left) during the Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor.

During the summer holidays, Burbage was abducted by Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. An official statement claimed that she had 'resigned,' although many who knew her were suspicious about her disappearance. She was suspended upside down over a table at Malfoy Manor while the Death Eaters were having a meeting there, where her abductors mocked her and her subject.

Burbage, noticing Snape was one of them, begged him to save her. He couldn't do anything except sit and watch as his master, Voldemort, killed her and fed her body to his snake, Nagini.

Post-mortem

"Alecto, Amycus's sister, teaches Muggle Studies, which is compulsory for everyone. We've all got to listen to her explain how Muggles are like animals, stupid and dirty, and how they drive wizards into hiding by being vicious toward them, and how the natural order is being re-established. I got this one for asking her how much Muggle blood she and her brother have got."
Neville Longbottom on Burbage's sucessor, Alecto Carrow[src]
DH1 Charity Burbage and Wormtail

Charity Burbage hung up in the air guarded by Wormtail during the Death Eater's meeting.

No one knew of Burbage's whereabouts after her death. Sometime before 27 July, Charity Burbage's alleged resignation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was briefly mentioned of the front page of the Daily Prophet. However, members of the Order of the Phoenix did not believe it, as they were unable to locate her anywhere after the summer.

Sometime after the Fall of the Ministry of Magic, an editorial was published on the Daily Prophet disregarding Burbage's previous editorial and informing the public she was reported in hiding. [5]

DH1 Charity Burbage has been killed

Charity's lifeless body.

On 1 September 1997, under the tenure of Headmaster Severus Snape, attendance of Muggle Studies class was made mandatory by the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic, under professor Alecto Carrow. It is unknown whether Burbage's true fate was ever uncovered and revealed to the wizarding world after the Second Wizarding War.

Magical abilities and skills

Relationships

Severus Snape

"Severus, please. We're friends."
— Burbage pleads Severus Snape to save her, moments before her murder[src]

During her employment at Hogwarts, Charity considered herself to be friends with fellow professor Severus Snape.[6] She begged him to save her during the Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor in the summer of 1997. Despite his apparent murder of Albus Dumbledore (unbeknownst to most people, Dumbledore had planned his death with Snape), she stated during the meeting that she and Snape were friends. She may have suspected that the circumstances surrounding Dumbledore's "murder" were not what they appeared to be.

Unfortunately Snape could do nothing to help her, as he needed to pretend that he was a truly loyal follower of Voldemort. Any attempt to save Charity would have resulted in both of them being killed.

Behind the scenes

Etymology

'Charity' is from the English word charity, ultimately derived from Late Latin caritas meaning "generous love", from Latin carus 'dear, beloved.' Caritas was in use as a Roman Christian name. The English name Charity came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.

Appearances

Charity

Charity Burbage in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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Notes and references

  1. As Charity was employed at Hogwarts by 1993, she must have been of age (17) by then.
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  3. 3.0 3.1 Voldemort made no reference to Burbage herself being a "thief of knowledge and magic", which he would likely have done had she been a Muggle-born. However, this is not a concrete confirmation on her blood status.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Voldemort referred to her as "Miss Charity Burbage", meaning that she was born Burbage and never married.
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
  6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  7. Deathly Hallows Movie Updates: Charity Burbage Cast, Possible Historic Home for Exterior Shots and More
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Headteachers Giffard Abbott · Walter Aragon · Phineas Nigellus Black · Elizabeth Burke · Antonia Creaseworthy · Dilys Derwent · Armando Dippet · Albus Dumbledore · Mordicus Egg · Everard · First Headmaster · Niamh Fitzgerald · Dexter Fortescue · Basil Fronsac · Brian Gagwilde · Limebert · Minerva McGonagall · Eupraxia Mole · Edessa Sakndenberg · Brutus Scrimgeour · Phyllida Spore · Severus Snape · Amrose Swott · Quentin Trimble · Dolores Umbridge · Fytherley Undercliffe · Vindictus Viridian · Vulpus · Heliotrope Wilkins · Gimlet-eyed Headmistress · Headmaster (1568) · Headteacher (1792) · Unidentified Headteachers
Deputy Heads Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Minerva McGonagall · Matilda Weasley
Heads of House Muldoon Cragg · Filius Flitwick · Godric Gryffindor · Gryffindor lady · Gryffindor man (II) · Gryffindor man (III) · Gryffindor man (IV) · Gryffindor Seeker · Helga Hufflepuff · Neville Longbottom · Minerva McGonagall · Valeria Myriadd · Uric Oapley · Podric Piles · Pink-faced Headmaster · Prendergast · Rowena Ravenclaw · Abraham Ronen · Horace Slughorn · Salazar Slytherin · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Tobias Stump
Teaching staff Bartholomew · Bathsheda Babbling · San Bakar · Herbert Beery · Cuthbert Binns · Brindlemore · Charity Burbage · Herodiana Byrne · Camelia · Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Bartemius Crouch Junior (disguised as Alastor Moody) · Clodagh Dromgoole · Albus Dumbledore · Archibald Eagleton · Eleazar Fig · Firenze · Filius Flitwick · Fortinbras · Mirabel Garlick · Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Jakub Gorski · Olivia Green · Rubeus Hagrid · Dinah Hecat · Rolanda Hooch · Bai Howin · Arsenius Jigger · Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner · Silvanus Kettleburn · Chiyo Kogawa · Gilderoy Lockhart · Neville Longbottom · Remus Lupin · Elspeth MacGillony · Mazoni · Minerva McGonagall · Galatea Merrythought · Isidora Morganach · Mudiwa Onai · Prendergast · Quirinus Quirrell · Percival Rackham · Patricia Rakepick · Abraham Ronen · Charles Rookwood · Concordia Rowle · Luna Scamander · Satyavati Shah · Aesop Sharp · Arif Sikander · Aurora Sinistra · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Swoopstikes · Sybill Trelawney · Trocar · Dolores Umbridge · Septima Vector · Matilda Weasley · Matilda Weasley's predecessor · Unidentified professor · Charms professor (medieval) · Potions professor (16th century) · Holidaying professor (before 1890s) · DADA professor (1984–1985) · DADA professor (1985–1986) · DADA professor (1986–1987) · DADA professor (1987–1988) · DADA professor (1989–1990) · DADA professor (1990–1991) · Muggle Studies professor (1990s) · Music professor · DADA professor (1998–?) · Potions professor (21st century) · Charms professor (?th century)
Hogwarts house-elves Bilm · Boil-ridden house-elf · Cooky · Cosa · Deek · Dobby · Feenky · Filk · Gimkey ·Krafty · Kreacher · Nonsuch · Pitts · Retch · Ringkull · Rooky · Vekey · Wigby · Winky · Wooby · Unidentified house-elf (I) · Unidentified house-elf (II)
Support staff Phineas Nigellus Black's secretaries · Noreen Blainey · Rancorous Carpe · Argus Filch · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank · Rubeus Hagrid · Rolanda Hooch · Hankerton Humble · Gladwin Moon · Ogg · Irma Pince · Poppy Pomfrey · Apollyon Pringle · Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus · Agnes Scribner · Wainscott · Carriage driver (1890s) · Gamekeeper (1890s) · Unidentified Healers · Librarian (?th century) · Librarian (21st century)
Muggle Studies
Muggle Studies class HM
Professors: Quirinus Quirrell · Arif Sikander · Unidentified male professor · Charity Burbage · Alecto Carrow · Concordia Rowle
Classrooms: Art Classroom · Fifth-floor classroom · Muggle Studies Classroom · Muggle Studies showroom · Music Classroom
Textbooks: Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles
Subjects: Blender · Car (Model car) · Electricity · Hair spray · Light bulb · Radio · Roller Skates · Rotary phone · Rubber duck