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Remus John Lupin (born March 10, 1959 or 1960) was introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, during which he taught as the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. He resigned at the end of the year when Severus Snape let it slip to students that he was a werewolf. He taught the class about dark creatures and gave Harry private anti-Dementor lessons.

His students (excepting the Slytherins) held him in extremely high regard and loved the hands-on style of his classes; he is considered by Harry and his friends to have been their only decent Defense teacher, although his competition is hardly stiff in this regard. (Two were frauds, one was possessed by Voldemort, and the others were Dolores Umbridge and Severus Snape.) Lupin reappeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but his role was smaller than in Prisoner of Azkaban. In Half-Blood Prince, he was a spy for the Order of the Phoenix, living amongst fellow werewolves and trying to convince them to join the good side. (more...)  Recently featured: J.K. Rowling