“We are a stimulant to ask questions.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #nytimes.com
Figure timeline
Patch Adams
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
science · American physician, activist (born 1945) · physician · diplomat · also Patch Adams, Hunter Doherty Adams, Adams
Born 28 May 1945 · Q721885
34 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
2 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
2026· 3 entries
“I entered medicine to use it as a vehicle for social change,”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #nytimes.com
- #corroborated
“He made $21 million for four months of pretending to be me, in a very simplistic version, and did not give $10 to my free hospital. Patch Adams, the person, would have, if I had Robin”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
2022· 3 entries
Published video “Patch Adams's Annual Reminder to be Foolish”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Patch reads from Jules Feiffer's book "Explainers"”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Inspiration in Uruguay”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
2021· 7 entries
Published video “2021 Year End Review with Patch Adams”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Clowns from France pay a Visit - Patch Adams”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Celebrating Letter Writing”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Patch Adams Presents: The Zen of Leaf Raking”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Thank You All for Your Generosity!”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Giving Tuesday 2021”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Gratitude and Giving Thanks”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
2019· 1 entry
Published “Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in <i>Phenix</i>” in Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology — cited 7,548 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
2017· 2 entries
Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,601 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,308 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
2016· 1 entry
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,764 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
2014· 1 entry
Adams released a statement that praised Williams' comedic and improvisational skills on set; noted his compassionate and caring nature; remarked upon his introverted demeanour in private, and his desire for solitude; and
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2012· 2 entries
Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,807 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,670 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
2010· 2 entries
Published “<i>PHENIX</i> : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution” in Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography — cited 23,655 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
Adams married Susan Parenti (born in 1950)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2008· 1 entry
Adams agreed to become honorary chair of the "International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment" or IAACM
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2007· 1 entry
Published “<i>Phaser</i> crystallographic software” in Journal of Applied Crystallography — cited 20,266 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
2001· 1 entry
Published “The Sequence of the Human Genome” in Science — cited 10,215 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
1998· 1 entry
Published “Crystallography & NMR System: A New Software Suite for Macromolecular Structure Determination” in Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography — cited 13,103 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
1993· 1 entry
Published “Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment.” in Stroke — cited 10,392 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
1985· 3 entries
“I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“Any can do it — BE RADIANT! Make the decision. I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to allow you to do.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
1975· 1 entry
Adams and Edquist married in 1975, and had two sons.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
1965· 1 entry
Published “Inequity In Social Exchange” in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology — cited 5,933 times.
- #crossref
- #research
- #work
1963· 1 entry
And then completed pre-med coursework at George Washington University
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-05-28.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth