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![]() Hank Green at VidCon 2014.
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Born |
William Henry Green II May 5, 1980 Birmingham, Alabama |
Residence | Missoula, Montana |
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Occupation | YouTube vlogger, musician, producer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Known for | Online video, educational entertainment |
Notable work | |
Spouse(s) | Katherine Green (m. 2006) |
Children | Orin Green |
Relatives |
John Green (brother) Mike Green (father) Sydney Green (mother) |
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Hank Green discography | |
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Hank Green
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Studio albums | 4 |
Live albums | 1 |
EPs | 1 |
William Henry "Hank" Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, musician, educator, producer, and vlogger. He is best known for his YouTube channel Vlogbrothers, where he and his brother, John Green, regularly upload videos, as well as for creating and hosting the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow.
Green co-created VidCon, the world's largest online video conference, with his brother John, and created NerdCon: Stories, a conference focused on storytelling. He is the co-creator of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012–2013), a web series adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in the style of video blogs. He is also the founder of the environmental technology blog EcoGeek and the Internet Creators Guild, and co-founder of merchandise company DFTBA Records, crowdfunding platform Subbable—acquired by Patreon in 2015—game company DFTBA Games, and online video production company Pemberley Digital, which produces video blog adaptations of classic novels in the public domain.
Green was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and his family soon moved to Orlando, Florida, where he was raised. He graduated from Winter Park High School in 1998 and then earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from Eckerd College and a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. His master's thesis was entitled "Of Both Worlds: How the Personal Computer and the Environmental Movement Change Everything".