Henry Linville (often Henry R. Linville) (August 12, 1866 in St. Joseph, Missouri – October 1, 1941 in North Carolina)[1][2] 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.
[1] He received a bachelor's (1894), master's (1895) and doctorate (1897) degrees from Harvard University.
[8][1] Linville moved to New York City and became a biology teacher at a high school.
In 1931, Linville served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) through 1934.
[3][4][5][6][7][8] Linville died on October 1, 1941, in an automobile accident in North Carolina.