Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault
Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault | |
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Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault | |
| Born | Gaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault 2 July 1872 |
| Died | 17 November 1934 (aged 62) Malakoff, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs |
| Occupation | psychiatry |
| Known for | de Clérambault's syndrome, Kandinsky-Clérambault syndrome, mental automatism |
Gaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault (French pronunciation: [ɡaɛtɑ̃ ɑ̃ʁi alfʁɛd edwaʁ leɔ̃ maʁi ɡatjɑ̃ də kleʁɑ̃bo]; 2 July 1872 – 17 November 1934) was a French psychiatrist.
Apart from his psychiatric studies, he was an acclaimed painter and wrote on the costumes of various native tribes. He was also a professional photographer; from 1914 to 1918 he took around 30,000 photographs. Some of the photos were taken as part of a research project involving symptoms of hysteria. Many of his photos were later placed in the Musée de l'Homme.