During the 1991–1992 school year, he taught his first-year students about numerous historical personalities such as Uric the Oddball and Emeric the Evil, whom the class always confused with each other. Professor Binns's lessons were regarded as some of the most boring at Hogwarts, and only once in known history did he talk about something not strictly factual. Afterwards, he became a ghost who continued to teach, droning on about various Goblin Rebellions and giant wars to bored, sleeping students. He taught until a very old age, when he fell asleep in the staff room and died in slumber. He owned an office in the main castle and Classroom 4F on the first floor to teach in. pre- 1890) was a wizard and History of Magic professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I deal with facts, Miss Granger, not myths and legends.' - Professor Binns to his class