Peeved prof

Mark Boyle makes the observation that in my book, Picture-book Professors: Academia and Children’s Literature, I have missed the female professors in Harry Potter (Your View, October 28).

However, I mention the professors of Harry Potter throughout the book. My method was to look at illustrated professors (hence Picture-book Professors), and although Harry Potter is “riddled” with professors... the illustrations featured in the American editions Your report suggests that Annie Campbell Reid is the only woman named on a Scottish war memorial. Please note that Sister Violet Fraser, who died in Serbia in 1919, is named on the Dunbar War Memorial.