Awesome facts about Severus Snape

These facts came from the snape biography J.K. Rowling wrote.  Enjoy :)

• Snape taught Potions because he was based on JKR's chemistry teacher, John Nettleship, who she didn't like at all.

• Rowling borrowed Snape's surname from the village of Snape, Suffolk.  

• Snape was one of JKR's favourite characters to write.  

• Because Snape abandoned his post as headmaster, a portrait of him did not immediately appear in the Headmaster's office after his death. Harry installed Snape's portrait in the Headmater's office after the war.

• JKR had planned Snape's back story ever since she wrote the first book because the whole series is built around it  

• Rita Skeeter published a book about Snape's life, entitled "Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?", sometime after his death.

• Severus means “stern” in Latin. :P

• Snape is one of the youngest teachers to be recruited at Hogwarts school.

• Lily Evans may have grown to love Snape if he wasn't so drawn to the Dark Arts. 

• Snape's role:
  told Voldemort of the prophecy -> begged Voldemort to spare Lily -> leading to her sacrifice for Harry -> forcing the protection that protected Harry for so long -> led to Voldemort's death. So technically, Snape killed Voldemort. :)

• Snape is the only Death Eater who could conjure a Patronus. 

• Alan Rickman was the only actor who knew about his character's fate way before the 7th book was released.

• Dumbledore allowed Snape to be a horrible teacher because he believed there are lessons in life & horrible teachers are one of them. 

• Dumbledore never gave Snape the DADA job before book 6 because he was afraid it would bring out the worst in Snape.  

• Severus Snape's last words to Harry were "Look at me" to see Lily Evans' eyes one more time before he died. 

• Harry gave one of his sons the middle name Severus, and this son was the only one who had Lily's exact eyes.