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Georges Gilles de la Tourette

1857 - 1904

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Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French: [ʒɔʁʒ albɛʁ edwaʁ bʁytys ʒil də la tuʁɛt]; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by tics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Gilles de la Tourette has received more than 269,841 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Gilles de la Tourette is the 181st most popular physician (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from France (down from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Physician.

Georges Gilles de la Tourette was a French neurologist who first described Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 181 out of 502Before him are Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, Charaka, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Albert of Riga. After him are Werner Haase, Psusennes II, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Ernst-Günther Schenck, August von Wassermann, and Ibn Zuhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 39Before him are Otto von Below, Vladimir Bekhterev, Edward Emerson Barnard, Eugène Atget, Max Klinger, and 12th Dalai Lama. After him are Wilhelm Johannsen, Theodor Escherich, Cécile Chaminade, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Theodor Kittelsen, and Ida Tarbell. Among people deceased in 1904, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 28Before him are Alfred von Waldersee, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Norodom of Cambodia, Eduard Hanslick, Sami Frashëri, and Mathilde Bonaparte. After him are Nikolay Bobrikov, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Isabella Bird, Isabelle Eberhardt, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Mór Jókai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 1,349 out of 6,011Before him are Lambert Wilson (1958), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Georges Bidault (1899), Ansegisel (602), and Alain-Fournier (1886). After him are Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Alain de Benoist (1943), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Léon Bloy (1846), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), and André de Montbard (1103).

Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 20Before him are Charles Nicolle (1866), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Albert Calmette (1863), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766). After him are Marcel Petiot (1897), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757).