User:Jack "BtR" Saxon/Binns draft

"Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staff-room fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him."

- The story of Professor Binns' death.

Professor Cuthbert Binns was the ghost of a bespectacled old wizard who lectured students on History of Magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He may have once attended the school as a student many years ago, achieving an O.W.L. and perhaps N.E.W.T. in the subject he went on to teach, History of Magic. Sometime after leaving the school, Binns became a professor there, owning an office in the main castle and Classroom 4F on the first floor to teach in. He taught until a very old age, when he fell asleep in the staff room and died in slumber. However, he continued to teach as a ghost, droning on about various Goblin Rebellions and Giant Wars to bored, sleeping students.

Professor Binns' lessons were regarded as some of the most boring at Hogwarts, and only once in known history did he talk about something not strictly factual. During the 1991–1992 school year, he gained the famous Harry Potter as a student, but, as he did not look up at the students from his notes, did not notice him. That year, he taught them about numerous characters such as Uric the Oddball and Emeric the Evil, whom the class always got confused with. The following academic year, he relayed the legend of the Chamber of Secrets to his second year class, but only after every student in the class showed complete and utter interest, despite initially stating the legend of the Chamber to be unimportant. He continued to teach Harry Potter and his class for three further years, until most, if not every, of his students dropped History of Magic. It is also possible that he took part in the Battle of Hogwarts, but, since he was non-corporeal, he may have just frightened the Death Eaters.

Early Life
"You're welcome. As my father always used to say, zzzzzz..."

- Cuthbert before falling asleep mid-sentence.

Cuthbert was born many years ago to the Binns family, with Mr. Binns as his father. It was said that his father always used to say something, but Cuthbert fell asleep in the middle of his sentence before he could say what it was. He was educated in the magic arts at a wizarding school, likely Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry unless he was home-schooled, and achieved high marks in History of Magic, probably earning an Ordinary Wizarding Level and perhaps even Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test in the subject. He graduated at some point in his sixth or seventh year, leaving briefly before his return.

Earlier Years
"Professor Binns opened his notes and began to read in a flat drone like an old vacuum cleaner until nearly everyone in the class was in a deep stupor, occasionally coming round long enough to copy down a name or date, then falling asleep again."

- An average lesson with Professor Binns.

At some point after his graduation, Cuthbert came to Hogwarts School and applied for the post of Professor of History of Magic, which he was granted. Cuthbert - now known as Professor Binns - was given Classroom 4F on the first floor near a mossy courtyard to teach in, aswell as an office somewhere in the main castle.

His lessons were known to be the most boring in all of Hogwarts; he hovered an inch or so above his chair and read from his never-ending collection of notes. His students, whom he never payed any attention to, would fall asleep listening to his droning, reedy voice, eventually waking up to copy down a name or date, but falling asleep again.