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Jacques Cousteau
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.
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science · French oceanographer and author (1910–1997) · zoologist · explorer · filmmaker · innovator · photographer · conservationist · oceanographer · writer · inventor · screenwriter · also Jacques Cousteau, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Cousteau
Born 11 June 1910 · Died 25 June 1997 · Q83233
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2022· 1 entry
2010· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2010).
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2007· 1 entry
The International Watch Company introduced the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph "Cousteau Divers" Special Edition
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1997· 7 entries
Died 1997-06-25.
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“The glory of nature provides evidence that God exists”
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“We have to prepare for what life could become in 40 years. We need to outline what is possible and what is impossible with the non-renewable resources of the Earth. What role will technological improvement play? Taking all this into account, what kind of life can we produce in the best way for 10 billion people? That's a problem that needs to be solved.”
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“We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about — farming replacing hunting.”
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“Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.”
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“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed — if we are not willing — we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.”
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“I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans — there will always be life — but they're getting sicker every year.”
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1995· 1 entry
Cousteau became involved in a legal battle with his son Jean-Michel, who was advertising the "Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort" in the South Pacific, to prevent him from using the Cousteau name for business purposes in the U
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1994· 1 entry
Hans Hass publicly claimed priority for the first use of a mobile, self-contained diving apparatus and made this clear to Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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1993· 1 entry
A brief biography, as well as an introduction by Cousteau was featured in interactive educational software program Undersea Adventure, developed by former game developer Knowledge Adventure
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1992· 1 entry
Was invited to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations' International Conference on Environment and Development, and then he became a regular consultant for the UN and the World Bank
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Catalonia International Prize (1991).
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Six months after his wife Simone's death from cancer, he married Francine Triplet
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Académie française (1988–1997).
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (1985).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Ronald Reagan (1985).
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Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U
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1980· 1 entry
Cousteau traveled to Canada to make two films on the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, Cries from the Deep and St
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (1979).
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Awarded Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (1979).
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1977· 1 entry
Together with Peter Scott, he received the UN International Pahlavi Environment prize
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded John Muir Award (1976).
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Cousteau located the wreck of HMHS Britannic, which had sunk on 21 November 1916 after striking a mine in the Kea Channel, the third and final of the three Olympic-class liners and the younger sister to the RMS Olympic a
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (1975).
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John Denver released the tribute song "Calypso" on his album Windsong, and on the B-side of his hit song "I'm Sorry"
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1973· 1 entry
Along with his two sons and Frederick Hyman, he created the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life, Frederick Hyman being its first President
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1972).
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1970· 2 entries
Won Howard N. Potts Medal (1970).
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Wrote the book The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea with his son Philippe
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1965· 1 entry
With two vehicles which reached 500 meters
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1963· 1 entry
Won Founder’s Medal (1963).
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1961· 1 entry
Commander of the Legion of Honour (1972)
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for The Golden Fish (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Which was an invention best for exploring the ocean floor, as it allowed one to explore on solid ground
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1957· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for The Silent World (1957).
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Career landmark: museum director (1957–1988).
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Cousteau took over as leader of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
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Was elected as director of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
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1956· 1 entry
For The Silent World co-produced with Malle
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1954· 1 entry
Cousteau conducted a survey of Abu Dhabi waters on behalf of British Petroleum
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1953· 1 entry
The Silent World, Cousteau correctly predicted the existence of the echolocation abilities of porpoises
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1950· 1 entry
Founded the French Oceanographic Campaigns (FOC), and leased a ship called Calypso from Thomas Loel Guinness for a symbolic one franc a year
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1949· 1 entry
Cousteau left the French Navy
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1948· 1 entry
Between missions of mine clearance, underwater exploration and technological and physiological tests, Cousteau undertook a first campaign in the Mediterranean on board the sloop Élie Monnier, with Philippe Tailliez, Fréd
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1947· 1 entry
Chief Petty Officer Maurice Fargues became the first diver to die using an Aqua-Lung, while attempting a new depth record to 120 m with the GERS near Toulon
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1946· 1 entry
Cousteau and Tailliez showed the film Épaves ("Shipwrecks") to Admiral Lemonnier, who gave them the responsibility of setting up the GRS (Groupement de Recherches Sous-marines, Underwater Research Group) of the French Na
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1943· 3 entries
For the first French underwater film: Par dix-huit mètres de fond (18 meters deep), made without breathing apparatus the previous year in the Embiez islands in Var, with Philippe Tailliez and Frédéric Dumas, using a dept
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Made the film Épaves (Shipwrecks), in which they used two of the very first Aqua-Lung prototypes
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Cousteau tried out the first prototype Aqua-Lung which finally made extended underwater exploration possible
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1936· 2 entries
And in 1939 used the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus invented in 1926 by Commander Yves le Prieur
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Lent him some Fernez underwater goggles, predecessors of modern swimming goggles
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1930· 1 entry
Entered the École navale and graduated as a gunnery officer
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1910· 1 entry
Born 1910-06-11.
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