# Raymond Greene > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raymond_Greene > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raymond_Greene.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Greene > Source revision: 1342816897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British doctor and mountaineer}} {{about||the British Conservative politician|Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet}} {{other people|Ray Greene}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} '''Charles Raymond Greene''' (17 April 1901 – 6 December 1982) was a British doctor and an accomplished [mountaineer](/source/Mountaineering). ==Biography== Greene was born in [Berkhamsted](/source/Berkhamsted).[https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/charles-raymond-greene-1901-1982 "Charles Raymond Greene (1901–1982)"]. embryo.asu.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2022. He was the older brother of the novelist [Graham Greene](/source/Graham_Greene) and the broadcaster and [BBC](/source/BBC) executive [Sir Hugh Greene](/source/Sir_Hugh_Greene). He was educated at [Berkhamsted School](/source/Berkhamsted_School), where his father was the headmaster, and he took a degree in physiology at [Pembroke College, Oxford](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Oxford). He qualified as a doctor in 1927 and joined a general practice in Oxford.{{cite journal | title = Raymond Greene: Physician, Mountaineer, and Raconteur | journal =Wilderness & Environmental Medicine| date=2011| first1 =George W | last1 = Rodway | first2 = Victoria | last2 = Gibbs | first3 = Jeremy S| last3 = Windsor | issn= 1545-1534 |volume =#22 |issue = 3 | pages= 270–276 | access-date = 24 August 2024 | doi=10.1016/j.wem.2011.01.00 | doi-broken-date =12 July 2025|url = https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.wem.2011.01.005?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.5 }} He developed his interest in mountaineering whilst at school, restarted the Oxford University mountaineering club and climbed extensively in the Alps. In 1931 he joined an expedition to [Mount Kamet](/source/Kamet) in the Himalayas led by [Frank Smythe](/source/Frank_Smythe) (who was also educated at Berkhamsted School). All the climbers reached the summit at over 25,000 feet, then the highest mountain to have been climbed.{{cite book | title = Kamet Conquered | date=1932| first = Frank Sydney| last = Smythe |publisher =Gollancz | access-date = 24 August 2024 | url = https://archive.org/details/KametConquered }} He joined the [1933 Everest expedition](/source/1933_British_Mount_Everest_expedition) led by [Hugh Ruttledge](/source/Hugh_Ruttledge) as senior doctor, chief intellect, and a competent [mountaineer](/source/mountaineer) of gigantic physique, being over 6 ft 4in. He was selected to attempt the summit, without oxygen, but suffered heart problems at Camp 5 and had to descend.{{cite book | title = Everest 1933 | date=1934| first = Hugh| last = Ruttledge |publisher =Hodder & Stoughton | access-date = 24 August 2024 | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210461/page/n287/mode/2up }} In 1953 when the mountain was finally climbed, it was Greene who made the announcement on the BBC. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he worked as a doctor with [Special Operations Executive](/source/Special_Operations_Executive) (SOE) and as advisor to the armed forces on the effects of high altitude and cold on the human body. He went on to become an expert in the treatment of [thyroid](/source/thyroid) and other [endocrine disease](/source/endocrine_disease)s, [migraine](/source/migraine), and [frostbite](/source/frostbite). His work with [Katharina Dalton](/source/Katharina_Dalton) resulted in the coining of the term "[Premenstrual syndrome](/source/Premenstrual_syndrome)" and their research into the subject was subsequently used in criminal cases involving women accused of [infanticide](/source/infanticide) and other violent crimes.{{cite news | title = Katharina Dalton, 87; First Doctor to Define, Treat PMS | work =Los Angeles Times| date= 28 September 2004| first =Myrna | last = Oliver | access-date = 24 August 2024 |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-28-me-dalton28-story.html }} He was Senior Physician at the [Royal Northern Hospital](/source/Royal_Northern_Hospital) and [New End Hospital](/source/New_End_Hospital) Hampstead. Between 1960 and 1980 he was chairman of [Heinemann](/source/Heinemann_(book_publisher)) Medical Books.{{cite web | title = Charles Raymond Greene | website =Royal College of Physicians| first =A Stuart | last = Mason | access-date = 24 August 2014 |url = https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/charles-raymond-greene }} He was a fellow of the [Royal Zoological Society](/source/Royal_Zoological_Society) and diagnosed and treated thyroid problems in [Guy the Gorilla](/source/Guy_the_Gorilla) at the [London Zoo](/source/London_Zoo).{{cite book | title = Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family | date=2010| first = Jeremy | last = Lewis | isbn= 9780224079211 |publisher = Jonathan Cape | access-date = 24 August 2024 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=THLpAgAAQBAJ&q=SHADES+OF+GREENE:+ONE+GENERATION+OF+AN+ENGLISH+FAMILY }} He was also medical advisor to President [Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle) during his state visit to England in 1960 and was awarded the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) of France. His autobiography, ''Moments of Being'', was published in 1974. ==Selected publications== *''The Practice of Endocrinology'' (1951) *''Human Hormones'' (1970) *[https://archive.org/details/sickdoctors0000gree/page/n5/mode/2up ''Sick Doctors''] (1971) *[https://archive.org/details/momentsofbeingra0000gree ''Moments of Being: The Random Recollections of Raymond Greene''] (1974) *''Current Concepts in Migraine Research'' (1978) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book | last = Lewis | first = Jeremy | title = Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family | publisher = [Jonathan Cape](/source/Jonathan_Cape) | year = 2010}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Raymond}} Category:1901 births Category:1982 deaths Category:20th-century British medical doctors Category:High-altitude medicine doctors Category:People from Berkhamsted Category:People educated at Berkhamsted School Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Raymond Greene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Greene) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Greene?action=history)). 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