Henri Jean Pascal Gastaut (April 15, 1915, Monaco – July 14, 1995 Marseille)[1][2] was a French neurologist and epileptologist.
Gastaut was educated in medicine at the University of Marseille, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1945.
In 1954 he succeeded Cornil as professor of anatomical pathology and in 1960 he was appointed as director of the regional centre for epileptic children.
In addition he was Chairman of the Commission on Terminology of the ILAE in 1963 which resulted in the publication of a Dictionary of Epilepsy.
[10] He attempted to understand possible ties between epilepsy and artistic genius in individuals such as Fedor Dostoyevski, Gustave Flaubert, and Vincent van Gogh, and published a number of papers about this relationship.