Head of Transfiguration

Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, were once heads of Transfiguration at Hogwarts

The Head of Transfiguration was the title given to the teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in charge of the school's Transfiguration department, meaning that they were the Professor in the said subject who enjoyed the highest degree of seniority over other transfiguration professors and presumably the one setting up the curriculum.^[1]

Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall^[2] both headed the Transfiguration department prior to their stewardship of the school.

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Pottermore (First mentioned)

Notes and references

↑ Pottermore
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)

Transfiguration (class)

Branches of Transfiguration	Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners	Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors	Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall
Textbooks	A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells studied at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells	Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpentsortia)
Transforming Spells	Animal to Water Goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle to Button · Cauldron to Badger · Cat to Cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to Cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea Fowl to Guinea Pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to Pin Cushion · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to Needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Small Child to Rat · Small Object to Dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to Bird (Avifors) · Target to Matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to Rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White Rabbits to Slippers

Hogwarts Faculty
Founders	Godric Gryffindor \| Helga Hufflepuff \| Rowena Ravenclaw \| Salazar Slytherin
Headteachers	Eupraxia Mole \| Vulpus \| Phyllida Spore \| Dexter Fortescue \| Edessa Sakndenberg \| Amrose Swott \| Everard \| Vindictus Veridian \| Dilys Derwent \| Quintin Trimble \| Limebert \| Phineas Nigellus Black \| Walter Aragon \| Basil Fronsac \| Armando Dippet \| Albus Dumbledore \| Dolores Umbridge \| Severus Snape \| Minerva McGonagall \| Brian Gagwilde \| Elizabeth Burke
Deputy Heads	Minerva McGonagall \| Amycus Carrow \| Alecto Carrow
Heads of House	Filius Flitwick \| Minerva McGonagall \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout
Teaching Staff	Bartholomew \| Bathsheda Babbling \| Herbert Beery \| Cuthbert Binns \| Brindlemore \| Charity Burbage \| Camelia \| Alecto Carrow \| Amycus Carrow \| Bartemius Crouch Junior (disguised as Alastor Moody) \| Albus Dumbledore \| Firenze \| Filius Flitwick \| Fortinbras \| Jakub Gorski \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Arsenius Jigger \| Silvanus Kettleburn \| Gilderoy Lockhart \| Neville Longbottom \| Remus Lupin \| Mazoni \| Minerva McGonagall \| Galatea Merrythought \| Quirinus Quirrell \| Patricia Rakepick \| Arif Sikander \| Aurora Sinistra \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout \| Swoopstikes \| Sybill Trelawney \| Dolores Umbridge \| Septima Vector \| Unidentified Potions professor (16th-century) \| Unidentified Herbology professor (19th-century) \| Unidentified Potions professor (19th-century) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1984–1985) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1985–1986) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1986–1987) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1987–1988) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1989–1990) \| Unidentified Muggle Studies professor (1990s) \| Unidentified DADA professor (1998–?) \| Unidentified Potions professor (21st-century)
Support Staff	Bilm \| Boil-ridden house-elf \| Rancorous Carpe \| Dobby \| Argus Filch \| Filk \| Gimkey \| Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Hogwarts house-elves \| Hankerton Humble \| Krafty \| Kreacher \| Ogg \| Irma Pince \| Pitts \| Poppy Pomfrey \| Prendergast \| Apollyon Pringle \| Retch \| Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus \| Vekey \| Wainscott \| Winky

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Head of Transfiguration

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