Henry Morgan Green

Henry Morgan Green (1877–1939) was an American physician, a national healthcare leader, researcher, scholar, real estate investor, and alderman. He served as the city physician in Knoxville, Tennessee, and president of the National Medical Association. He was one of the founders of Knoxville Medical College;

After a year of teaching in Riceville, Tennessee, he returned a year later to Knoxville College to attend the college's newly established medical department. For 17 years he served as the city physician in Knoxville, Tennessee; and worked as a doctor in Knoxville from 1900 to 1939. Green was one of the founders of Knoxville Medical College (1900–1910).

In 1900, Green became an alderman (or council member) in order to represent his neighborhood in the fifth ward, he was the first Black alderman in the city. In 1910 and 1911, Green served as the chairman of the "Colored Department" at the Appalachian Exposition, held in Knoxville.

He served as president of the National Medical Association, elected in 1922; and was the founding president of the National Hospital Association in 1923.

The Green School (sometimes refer to as the "Colored High School" in the early years) in Knoxville was named for him, and opened in 1909. Green was profiled in the book, The Knoxville Negro: Emphasizing the Great Era of Progress Prevalent in Negro Knoxville Today (1929) by Bartow G. Wilson.