Professor Phoebus Penrose was a British wizard who worked for the Ministry of Magic. He was head of the committee that wrote the report A Study into Muggle Suspicions about Magic.[1]
Etymology[]
The name "Phoebus" is the Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβος (Phoibos), which meant "bright, pure". This was an epithet of the Greek god Apollo.
Appearances[]
- Daily Prophet Newsletters (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
British Ministry of Magic Departments |
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Unknown levels |
Administrative Services · Archives · Committee on Experimental Charms · Department of Magical Artefacts · Department of Magical Education · Exploding bonbons disposal unit · Gold reserves · Magical Maintenance · Public Information Services · Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division · Remittance Office · Research committee · Very Important Members of Section M.I. Trx. · Wizarding Examinations Authority |
Committee on Experimental Charms personnel |
Balfour Blane · Gilbert Wimple |
Department of Magical Artefacts personnel |
Sage Bragnam (Head Curator) |
Magical Maintenance Department personnel |
Reginald Cattermole · Orford Umbridge · Lift attendant · Man |
Research committee personnel |
Phoebus Penrose (Head) |
Wizarding Examinations Authority personnel |
Griselda Marchbanks · Tofty · Unidentified plump little witch examiner · Unidentified examiner with a wart on his nose |