Snape Question

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 104579

chinaskisnotes wrote:
> Also, speaking of when Snape became a member of the order, JKR went out 
> of her way to tell us how long teachers had been at Hogwarts. Trelawney
> 16 years, prophecy time, before Harry's birth. Snape, 14 years, after 
> Harry's parent's death. Could he have been the one to alert DD to their
> deaths?

Del replies :
Do we know for sure that Snape starting teaching *after* Harry's
parents' death ? Snape says "14 years" somewhere at the beginning of
October, barely 2 or 3 weeks before the 14th anniversary of the
Potters' death, so we can't conclude that he wasn't already teaching
when they were killed. 

Del