Cousteau, Jacques Yves
Cousteau, Jacques Yves (1910–97) French oceanographer. Best known as the co-inventor (with Emile Gagnan) of the aqualung, he also invented a process of underwater television and conducted a series of undersea living experiments (1962–65). Many of the expeditions made by his research ship Calypso were filmed for television.
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