Henry Linville (often Henry R. Linville) (August 12, 1866 in

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– October 1, 1941 in

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) was a co-founder of the New York City

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(TU) in 1916 and the New York City

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(TG), which broke off from the TU in 1935. He also served as president of the

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(AFT) from 1931 to 1934.

Background

Henry Richardson Linville was born in 1866 in

. He received a bachelor's (1894), master's (1895) and doctorate (1897) degrees from

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Career

Linville moved to New York City and became a biology teacher at a high school. In 1912, Linville served as editor of ''The American Teacher''. In 1916, Linville and

Abraham Lefkowitz Abraham Lefkowitz (17 October 1884 in Revish, Hungary – 7 November 1956 in New York City, United States) was a co-founder of the American Federation of Teachers, of the New York City Teachers Union in 1916 and the New York City Teachers Guild, ...

co-founded the TU, for which Linville served as president. In 1931, Linville served as president of the

(AFT) through 1934. In 1935, when Linville and Lefkowitz left the TU to form the TG, Linville served as both president and executive director.

Death

Linville died on October 1, 1941, in an automobile accident in

Works

In addition to editing of ''The American Teacher'', Linville drafted drafts of chapters for a book to be called ''Communists at Work''. * ''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)

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