Grock

Also known as Charles Adrien Wettach, Adrien Wettach

Grock (born Charles Adrien Wettach; 10 January 1880 – 14 July 1959) was a Swiss clown. Called "the king of clowns" and "the greatest of Europe's clowns", Grock was once the most highly paid entertainer in Europe.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1880
Died: 1959
Works: 7

Top works

Life's a Lark
Grock, ich lebe gern!
Sans blague!
Sans blague! ma carrière de clown
Nit m-ö-ö-ö-glich

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Switzerland
Active from: 1880-01-10
Active to: 1959-07-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 198
Total plays: 559

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A broad-spectrum antiviral targeting entry of enveloped viruses
· 2010 · cited 223x
Diabetes and Hepatitis C: A Two-Way Association
· 2015 · cited 98x
A Review of Technology-Assisted Interventions for Diabetes Prevention
· 2017 · cited 86x
Examining Reliability and Validity of an Online Score (ALiEM AIR) for Rating Free Open Access Medical Education Resources
· 2016 · cited 75x
The Revised <scp>METRIQ</scp> Score: A Quality Evaluation Tool for Online Educational Resources
· 2019 · cited 53x

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Key facts

Person.name: Grock
Person.image: Grock 1903.jpg
Person.caption: Grock in 1903
Person.birth_name: Charles Adrien Wettach
Person.birth_place: Loveresse, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Person.death_place: Imperia, Italy
Person.occupation: Clown, music hall performer
Person.years_active: 1890s–1954
Person.signature: Unterschrift Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach) Schweizer Clown.png