[HPforGrownups] Who taught DADA before Quirrell?

[Scarah]

No: HPFGUIDX 138269

Ersatz Harry wrote:
> Perhaps this has been dealt with way back in the archives somewhere,
> but I found myself wondering about this today and went back to SS/PS
> to see if Quirrell's predecessor was mentioned.  No such professor was
> named as far as I could find in a quick pass through the book.

Sarah:
	"Oh, yeah. Poor bloke. Brilliant mind. He was fine while he was
studyin' outta books but then he took a year off ter get some
firsthand experience.... "

Hagrid says "studyin'," not "teachin'."  Could it be that he finished
Hogwarts, went to Albania for a year, then took up the post?  Percy
would know him from being a student, etc.

Sarah