Henri Rouvière was a doctor of medicine, anatomist and a professor of anatomy. He studied in Montpellier, receiving his medical doctorate in 1903. He later became a professor of anatomy and embryology at the University of Paris. Collège Henri Rouvière in his hometown of Le Bleymard is named in his honour. Many of Rouvière's anatomical works are preserved in the Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière in Paris. His writings "Anatomie humaine descriptive, topographique et fonctionnelle" is the adopted textbook in several well known medical schools.