Maurice Greene (1696-1755), English composer and organist;
Maurice Greene (b. 1974), American athlete.
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MAURICEGREENE (1695-1755) English musical composer, was born in London.
He was the son of a clergyman in the city, and soon became a chorister of St Paul's cathedral, where he studied under Charles King, and subsequently under Richard Brind, organist of the cathedral from 1707 to 1718, whom, on his death in the last-named year, he succeeded.
Greene, in conjunction with the violinist Michael Christian Festing (1727-1752) and others, originated the Society of Musicians, for the support of poor artists and their families.
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