Brian Greene educated at Stuyvesant High School
Early life
Greene was born in New York City of Jewish background. His father, Alan Greene, was a one-time vaudeville performer and high school dropout who later worked as a voice coach and composer. After attending Stuyvesant High School, Greene entered Harvard University in 1980 to concentrate in physics. After completing his BA degree with summa cum laude honors in 1984, Greene earned his DPhil degree in theoretical physics at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1987. While at Oxford, Greene also studied piano with the concert pianist Jack Gibbons.
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