| rdfs:comment | - Christopher Greener (born Christopher Paul Greener, 21 November 1943) was the United Kingdom's tallest British-born man for nearly 4 decades, peaking at 7 feet 6.25 inches in (229.2 cm) in height, until Neil Fingleton (and later also Paul Sturgess) grew even taller. His weight ranged from 20-30 stone during his adulthood. Chris Greener, from a very young age, had a tumour at the base of his pituitary gland, which controls the release of human growth hormone. The tumour caused Greener's pituitary to grow to several times the size of that of an average person, and he would not have stopped growing had the tumour not been surgically removed when he was in his late 20s. Amazingly, his condition, pituitary gigantism, was not diagnosed until 1970 when Christopher Greener was 27 years old and 7 f
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| abstract | - Christopher Greener (born Christopher Paul Greener, 21 November 1943) was the United Kingdom's tallest British-born man for nearly 4 decades, peaking at 7 feet 6.25 inches in (229.2 cm) in height, until Neil Fingleton (and later also Paul Sturgess) grew even taller. His weight ranged from 20-30 stone during his adulthood. Chris Greener, from a very young age, had a tumour at the base of his pituitary gland, which controls the release of human growth hormone. The tumour caused Greener's pituitary to grow to several times the size of that of an average person, and he would not have stopped growing had the tumour not been surgically removed when he was in his late 20s. Amazingly, his condition, pituitary gigantism, was not diagnosed until 1970 when Christopher Greener was 27 years old and 7 feet 4.75 inches (225.4 cm) tall and already the record-holder as the tallest man in Britain. He held the record for 40 years. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Greener was an international basketball player for the Great Britain team, and was often seen at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Greener has worked as an actor, often serving in various comedic roles focused on his great height. He played the circus giant in the David Lynch's The Elephant Man. He has also appeared in several documentaries chronicling the lives of the very tall, including the World's Tallest People television special on The Learning Channel in the United States and Superhuman: Giants on the UK's ITV.
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