List of fictional professors
This is a list of professors appearing throughout fiction.
Literature
| Novel or literary work | Fictional professor | Author | Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered States | Professor Eddie Jessup | Paddy Chayefsky | psychology / parapsychology |
| Captain Underpants | Professor Pippy Peepee Poopypants | Dav Pilkey | science |
| The Case of the Gilded Fly | Professor Gervase Fen | Edmund Crispin | English Language and Literature |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | Professor Digory Kirke | C. S. Lewis | history |
| The Da Vinci Code | Professor Robert Langdon | Dan Brown | symbology |
| Doomsday Book | Professor James Dunworthy | Connie Willis | |
| Dracula | Professor Abraham Van Helsing | Bram Stoker | many (vampire slayer) |
| Exit to Eden | Professor Collins | Anne Rice | |
| At the Mountains of Madness | Professor William Dyer | H. P. Lovecraft | geology |
| Foundation Series | Professor Hari Seldon Professor Dors Venabili Professor Yugo Amaryl | Isaac Asimov | Mathematics and Psychohistory History Mathematics and Psychohistory |
| Harry Potter Series | Professor Charity Burbage Professor Alecto Carrow Professor Amycus Carrow Professor Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore Professor Filius Flitwick Professor Firenze Professor Gilderoy Lockhart Professor Remus Lupin Professor Minerva McGonagall Professor Alastor Moody Professor Quirinus Quirrell Professor Horace Slughorn Professor Severus Snape Professor Pomona Sprout Professor Sybill Trelawney Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge | J. K. Rowling | Muggle Studies Muggle Studies Dark Arts Transfiguration Charms Divination Dark Arts Defense Dark Arts Defense Transfiguration Dark Arts Defense Dark Arts Defense Potions Potions / Dark Arts Defense Herbology Divination Dark Arts Defense |
| The Paper Chase | Professor Charles Kingsfield | John Jay Osborn, Jr. | law |
| Pnin | Professor Timofey Pavlovich Pnin | Vladimir Nabokov | linguistics |
| Professor Branestawm Series | Professor Theophilus Branestawm | Norman Hunter | many |
| Professor Challenger Series | Professor George Edward Challenger | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | zoology |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | Professor Fletcher | Lemony Snicket | unknown |
| Sherlock Holmes Series | Professor James Moriarty | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | mathematics |
| Wicked | Doctor Dillamond | Gregory Maguire | unknown (a goat) |
Film
Television
Comics
| Comic | Fictional professor | Study |
|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Tintin | Professor Cuthbert Calculus | nuclear and theoretical physics, planetary astronomy and calculus |
| DC Comics | Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow Professor Ray Palmer/Atom Professor Martin Stein/Firestorm | psychology physics physics |
| Marvel Comics | Dr. Curtis Connors Dr. John Grey Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy/The Beast Professor Piotr Phobos Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym Dr. Reed Richards Professor Miles Warren/Jackal Professor Charles Francis Xavier | chemistry history biochemistry/genetics unknown entomology, theoretical physics, and chemistry many Biology Genetics |
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