Phoebus Penrose

"Muggles are more observant than we might like to think."

— Professor Penrose.^[src]

Professor Phoebus Penrose is a wizard who worked for the Ministry of Magic. He was head of the committee which wrote the report "A Study into Muggle Suspicions about Magic".

Behind the scenes

Phoebus was referred to in the Daily Prophet by the title "Professor." However, it is unknown whether he ever taught at Hogwarts, or for another wizarding school.

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.

British Ministry of Magic Departments
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)
Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division personnel
Jacob's sibling · Crescent Flump · Olivia Green · Ruby Honeysuckle · Callum McClintock · ROCC Herbology expert
Wizarding Examinations Authority personnel
Griselda Marchbanks · Tofty · Unidentified plump little witch examiner · Unidentified examiner with a wart on his nose