Gilderoy Lockhart

Gilderoy Lockhart (Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award, all supposedly) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. He was a famous wizarding celebrity, having written many books on Dark Creatures and his encounters with them. He has blond, wavy hair and particularly straight and shiny teeth. He is extremely narcisstic and highly self-obsessed. Despite his celebrity status amongst the wizarding hierarchy, his fan base consists mostly of middle-aged women and teenaged girls (who find him especially attractive).

Related Topics:
Merlin - Witch Weekly - Fictional character - Harry Potter - Narcisstic

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Gilderoy Lockhart became Professor Gilderoy Lockhart when, in the school year of 1992-1993, he was appointed to the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In his first lesson, he gave his second-year class a test which had nothing to do with the subject but instead concerned his biography. He was not popular amongst his fellow staff members and was particularly disliked by Professor Severus Snape, who sought the position Gilderoy held. However, teachers and students alike eventually grew to tolerate him, and Hermione Granger evidently developed a crush on him, much to the disgust of Harry and Ron. He was disliked by Harry Potter, partly because Gilderoy thought Harry had flown a car to Hogwarts with Ron Weasley because he was trying to make himself more famous. Gilderoy thought that when he had appeared in the Daily Prophet with Harry, it had put ideas into his head. He later thought that Harry was handing out signed photos because of him.

Related Topics:
1992 - Defence Against the Dark Arts - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Biography - Severus Snape - Hermione Granger

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Kenneth Branagh played him on screen.

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Gilderoy Lockhart was exposed as a fraud when, trying to avoid travelling into the Chamber of Secrets, he revealed that he had not in fact performed all the amazing feats described in his books — instead, he had been stealing others' stories, placing memory charms on those people and taking credit for their accomplishments. When he tried to modify Harry Potter's and Ronald Weasley's memories so they would be unaware of this fraud, the spell backfired on him due to Ron's broken wand. Consequently, Gilderoy lost his memory, and was sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. On Christmas in 1995, Harry Potter saw Gilderoy in the hospital, slowly regaining his memory and saying he was so advanced that he could write joined up letters. Lockhart still receives fan mail, though he no longer has any idea why.

Related Topics:
Fraud - Chamber of Secrets - Memory charms - Harry Potter - Ronald Weasley - St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries - Christmas - 1995

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