Professor mcgonagall

I have always deemed Professor McGonagall an ideal teacher. She is strict but just. She is also unbiased – except maybe when it comes to Quidditch and with good reason. She is the teacher that y…

Minerva McGonagall. Talented witch, inspiring teacher, and wordsmith extraordinaire. Can you finish these famous Professor McGonagall lines?

Professor Minerva McGonagall portrayed by Dame Maggie Smith

Harry Potter...Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall

Her stern demeanour hid a warm personality and fierce protectiveness. Here’s the proof…

We're sure that you've either known or even been a teacher's pet, but have you ever wondered which Hogwarts professor would call you their pet? Take this quiz to find out!

"I don't like the marginalization of women when the fighting breaks out. We get to fight too. I really wanted that. In the book, Minerva McGonagall is the one who does it and for me it was very important that she did that." -- J.K. Rowling, on fighting the decision to pit Harry Potter against Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 instead of McGonagall, who fought Snape in the book. Can you even picture it any other way? Of course it had to be McGonagall!

Every bit as sharp as she is strict, we can all learn a thing or two from Hogwarts’ Head of Gryffindor house.