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Cuthbert Binns is professor of History of Magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is, in actuality, a ghost of an elderly Hogwarts teacher who died in his chair one day when he fell asleep in front of the fire, but apparently did not notice that he had shuffled off this mortal coil, and carried on with his duties. The students find his droning lectures dreadfully dull; in fact, only Hermione Granger seems able to remain sufficiently alert in his classes to take reasonable notes.

Binns is a wellsource of historical knowledge and facts, and as those facts are his primary concern, he does not bother to remember any of his students' names. Ironically, he does not even recognize Harry Potter, and calls him "Perkins."

The one time a student ever asked a question in Binns' class, in known history, was when Hermione Granger asked him for any information about the Chamber of Secrets. This was the only time the students in his class ever paid attention to his lectures, which Binns was quite bemused at.

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