Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (October 30, 1857 – May 26, 1904) was a French neurologist who is the
eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition. During 1873 Tourette began medical studies at Poitiers. He later relocated
to Paris where he became a student, amanuensis and house physician of his mentor, the influential contemporary neurologist
Jean-Martin Charcot, director of the Salpêtrière Hospital. Charcot also helped him to advance in his academic career.
