Claude Bernard was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". He originated the term milieu intérieur, and the associated concept of homeostasis. Wikipedia
Born: July 12, 1813, Saint-Julien, France
Died: February 10, 1878 (age 64 years), Paris, France
Education: Science Faculty of Paris (1853), Facultad de Medicina de París, and University of Paris
Awards: Copley Medal
Parents: Jean-François Bernard and Jeanne Saunier
Siblings: Antoinette-Caroline Bernard