Quirinus Quirrell

Quirinus Quirrell
Biographical information
Died	1992
Title(s)	Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor of Muggle Studies (formerly)
Physical information
Gender	Male
Hair colour	None (bald)

Quirinus Quirrell was a male Wizard, he taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the 1991-1992 school year. Before that, he was the Muggle Studies professor.

Quick Answers

Why did Professor Quirrell have Voldemort on the back of his head?

Professor Quirrell had Voldemort on the back of his head because he was possessed by him. During the 1991-1992 school year, Quirrell wore a purple turban to hide Voldemort's face. This possession allowed Voldemort to keep a physical form after his downfall. When Quirrell came into contact with Harry Potter, his skin would burn due to the protective magic Harry's mother left on him.

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Why did Harry Potter's hands burn Quirrell?

Harry Potter's hands burned Quirinus Quirrell because of the protective magic his mother left in him when she sacrificed herself to save him. This magic acted as a shield and caused Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, to burn and blister upon physical contact with Harry. This unexpected defense mechanism played a crucial role in preventing Quirrell from seizing the Philosopher's Stone.

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Why did Quirinus Quirrell go in search of Voldemort before teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts?

Quirinus Quirrell sought out Voldemort before teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts due to a combination of curiosity and ambition. He hoped to learn powerful Dark magic from Voldemort, which he believed would earn him more respect and recognition. Quirrell's quest was not just academic, he also wanted to ensure that no one would laugh at him again, indicating a desire to overcome perceived inadequacies.

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Description

Quirrell is a young man;in 1991 he began to wear a purple turban. One of his eyes twitched and he often appeared quite pale and nervous. His voice was stammering, and he often stuttered. He was usually trembling, and was prone to fainting. Near the end of his life, he also had Voldemort on the back of his head(the turban was to hide this). His nervousness,at this point, was actually an act and he could be quite cold. In the film he is bald. His classroom and office were decorated with tropical animals, skeletons of animals and tropical plants.

History

Early Life

Little is known of Quirrell's early life. It is likely he attended Hogwarts school, and he may have been a Ravenclaw as the Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid said he was a Brilliant mind and that he was fine when he was studying out of books.

Career

Quirrell at some point took up a teaching position at Hogwarts, teaching Muggle Studies. After teaching for a year he took a year off in order to get some first hand experience. Quirrell clamed to have gotten his turban from an African prince for getting rid of a zombie, and it was rumored he encountered vampires in the Black Forest. Quirrell did indeed encounter something horrible when he traveled around the world: Lord Voldemort. The barely alive dark lord twisted the young and gullible Quirrell into accepting the Dark way, tricking Quirrell into believing that there was only power and those to weak to use it.

In 1991, after having met Harry Potter in the Leaky Cauldron Quirrell attempted to steal the Philosopher's Stone from vault 713 in Gringotts Wizarding Bank for Voldemort. Quirrell failed however as Hagrid had removed the stone from the vault early that day. After this failure, Voldemort attached himself to the back of Quirrell's head in order to keep a closer watch on him.

Quirrell was now teaching Defense Against the dark arts, though he was acting jittery and nervous, most likely so that people wouldn't suspect him. On Halloween, Quirrell let a troll in as a diversion, and went to the third-floor corridor where the Stone was then hidden. Severus Snape, who already suspected Quirrell, went to the third floor in order to stop him and presumably succeeded though he was bitten by the Three-headed dog Fluffy.

Later at a Quidditch mach, between Gryffindor and Slytherin Quirrell attempted to kill Potter, whom he saw as a threat, by making the boy's broom try to throw him off, Snape however interfered again by muttering a counter-curse. However, it was Hermione Granger, who ultimately stopped Quirrell by accidentally knocking him over. After his attempt to kill Harry failed, Quirrell went back to his former goal of trying to get the Philosopher's Stone.

Later that year, in order to keep his master alive he began to kill unicorns in the Forbidden Forest and drinking their blood for him. In order to figure out how to get past Fluffy, Quirrell got Hagrid drunk and gave him a dragon's egg. Quirrell then sent a letter to Dumbledore, telling him to go to the Ministry of Magic; Quirrell used this as a diversion and went to get the Stone. However, he wasn't the only one: Harry Potter and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger went after him (though they believed that it was Snape, not Quirrell, trying to steal the Stone).

Harry encountered Quirrell in the last chamber. There Harry discovered that Voldemort's face was on the back of Quirrell's head and in the ensuing struggle, Quirrell died, not being able to withstand Harry's touch, which burned him. Dumbledore said of this that Voldemort left as little mercy to his followers as his enemies.

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Unknown | width="40%" |Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts
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Charity Burbage

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
unknown, eventually Galatea Merrythought | width="40%" |Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts
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Gilderoy Lockhart

Trivia

• Quirrell was played by Ian Hart in the film.
• Quirrell's first name is unknown though Slatero or Quirinus are possibilities.
• Quirrell had a gift with Trolls.