It was proposed in a letter to Peter Tait.  Leo Sz
It was proposed in a letter to Peter Tait.  Leo Szilard offered the first major refutation of the theory behind it, and it was Norbert Weiner who gave it the name by which we know it.  Examples of this construct in living systems include ion channels and pumps in the nervous system of it, but the theoretical one can not function as initially proposed.  FTP, identify this thought experiment that would violate the second law of thermodynamics, a creature proposed by its namesake.
It was proposed in a letter to Peter Tait.  Leo Szilard offered the first major refutation of the theory behind it, and it was Norbert Weiner who gave it the name by which we know it.  
Maxwell's Demon