Henry Linville

'''Henry Linville''' (often '''Henry R. Linville''') (August 12, 1866 in St. Joseph, Missouri – October 1, 1941 in North Carolina)<ref name="collection">{{Cite web |url=https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/LP000373.pdf |title=Henry Richardson Linville Collection}}</ref><ref name=Toloudis> {{cite journal | first = Nicholas | last = Toloudis | authorlink = | title = Teacher Unions conflict in New York City, 1935–1960 | journal = Labor History | volume = 56 | issue = 5 | pages = 566–586 | date = 21 December 2015 | doi = 10.1080/0023656X.2015.1116805 | s2cid = 147807654 }}</ref> was a co-founder of the New York City Teachers Union (TU) in 1916 and the New York City Teachers Guild (TG), which broke off from the TU in 1935. He also served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1931 to 1934.<ref name=Reuther-bio> {{cite web | title = Henry Linville | publisher = Wayne State University | url = https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1240 | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=Reuther-photo> {{cite web | title = Henry Linville | publisher = Wayne State University | url = https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/713 | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=SNAC> {{cite web | title = United Federation of Teachers | publisher = Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) | url = http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kd5rxb | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=Kheel-TU> {{cite web | title = Teachers Union of the City of New York Records, 1920-1942 | publisher= Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library | url = https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05445.html | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=Kheel-TG> {{cite web | title = AFT Local 2 Records, 1918-1957 | publisher= Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library | url = https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05279.html | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=UFT> {{cite web | title = Henry Richardson Linville | publisher= UFT | url = http://www.uft.org/who-we-are/history/henry-richardson-linville | date = | access-date = 30 September 2018}}</ref>

==Background==

Henry Richardson Linville was born in 1866 in St. Joseph, Missouri.<ref name="collection" /> He received a bachelor's (1894), master's (1895) and doctorate (1897) degrees from Harvard University.<ref name=UFT/><ref name="collection" />

==Career==

Linville moved to New York City and became a biology teacher at a high school.<ref name=UFT/>

In 1912, Linville served as editor of ''The American Teacher''.<ref name=SNAC/><ref name=UFT/>

In 1916, Linville and Abraham Lefkowitz co-founded the TU, for which Linville served as president. In 1931, Linville served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) through 1934. In 1935, when Linville and Lefkowitz left the TU to form the TG, Linville served as both president and executive director.<ref name=Reuther-bio/><ref name=Reuther-photo/><ref name=SNAC/><ref name=Kheel-TU/><ref name=Kheel-TG/><ref name=UFT/>

==Death==

Linville died on October 1, 1941, in an automobile accident in North Carolina.<ref name=Toloudis/><ref name=UFT/><ref name="collection" />

==Works==

In addition to editing of ''The American Teacher'', Linville drafted drafts of chapters for a book to be called ''Communists at Work''.<ref name=Reuther-bio/> * ''Maturation and Fertilization in Pulmonate Gasteropods'' (1900) * ''A Textbook In General Zoology'' with Henry A. Kelly (1906) * ''Guide for laboratory and field work in zoology'' (~1906) * ''Biology of man and other organisms'' (1923) * ''Manual of laboratory studies in biology'' (1924) * ''Oaths of Loyalty for Teachers'' (1935)

==References==

==External source==

* [https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/713 Walter P. Reuther Library] Photo of Linville

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