Professor Severus Snape is the Potions master. He remains the Potions master until 'the Half-Blood Prince', where he is taken over by Professor Horace Slughorn, and then Snape becomes the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
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Severus Snape He was the potions master in all of the books except the last.
Horace Slughorn.
Horace Slughorn.
Slughorn was still the potions master in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Horace E. F. Slughorn returned to his previous post as Potions Master after Severus Snape was given to position of Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Severus Snape was born in 1960. He was thirty one in the first book.
Professor Horace Slughorn takes over the position of potions master. Professor Severus Snape becomes the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The following year, Slughorn becomes the Head of Slytherin house after Snape becomes Headmaster.
No. He even returned to Hogwarts inDeathly Hallows, but he is only mentioned briefly
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In the Harry Potter series, Potions is primarily taught by Professor Severus Snape. He is the Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for most of the series. Later, in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Horace Slughorn returns to teach the subject after Snape becomes the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.