Benôit Montague Gustav

Benôit Montague Gustav (b. 1959) was a French Professor who was sacked in 2017 from his position. He was replaced by Madame Jean-Luc.

Carrer at Hogwarts (1979-2017)
Dumbledore elected Benôit Gustav in 1979 to teach French, Hogwarts' first Foreign language class for students to study if interested. He takes up Classroom 58, which is located on the Ground Floor, the closest classroom to the North Tower.

His teaching methods consists of textbooks and worksheets, and rarely presentations or oral exams.

Second Wizarding War (1995-1998)
In 1996, after Dumbledore was banished from Hogwarts, Umbridge started by sacking Gustav after suspicion that he had been teaching students on the Rebirth of the Dark Lord from 1995, and Cedric Diggory's murder. However, after Fudge publicly announced that Voldemort has returned, Gustav was reinstated after Umbridge left.

In 1997, when the Death Eaters took over Hogwarts, Gustav temporarily put himself on temporary leave to avoid the wrath of the Carrows, but often hid in Snape's old office for most of the year giving students virtual courses through encrypted owl messages. After Voldemort was defeated, he returned to teaching French the following year.

Between the Wars
In 2003, Gustav left Hogwarts in Scotland to apply as French Teacher at Hogwarts in Southern Maine, because of Umbridge's wrath.

Sacking of Gustav (2017)
In 2017, Detective Kate Beckett and Richard Castle notified a squib within the New York Police Department, whom then informed the Ministry of Magic, where they received suspicion that Gustav was secretly working with Death Eaters on a plot, and believed that he was involved indirectly with attacking Christopher Lewis, and is working with William H. Bracken during the Beckett conspiracy. When Dumbledore got notified, he sacked Gustav and pressed charges against him for conspiracy, fraud and treason.