Jacques Cousteau

✶June 11, 1910

†June 25, 1997

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About their life

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

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Biography from the article Jacques Cousteau on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.