"Sir, is it true that Professor Merrythought is retiring?"
-- Tom RIddle to Horace Slughorn, who is amazed that Riddle had heard of this (HBP17)
Merrythought has been the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for fifty years. Her impending retirement becomes known to Tom Riddle, who asks Headmaster Dippet for the position upon leaving school.
Galatea Merrythought retires from Hogwarts
Date June, 1945
Certainty Inferred from canon
Location in Canon
HBP17: A Sluggish Memory
HBP20: Lord Voldemort’s Request
Type of Event Wizarding world
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