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French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ kuːˈstoʊ /, also UK: / ˈkuːstoʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) [ 1 ] was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ k uː ˈ s t oʊ /, also UK: / ˈ k uː s t oʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) [1] was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
Sep 22, 2024 · Jacques Cousteau (born June 11, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France—died June 25, 1997, Paris) was a French naval officer, ocean explorer, and co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, known for his extensive underseas investigations.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 22, 2021 · Jacques Cousteau’s invention of the Aqua-Lung opened the undersea realm to scientists and the public.
- Rachel Hartigan
Nov 20, 2010 · Jacques Cousteau co-invented the aqua-lung, which brought diving to the masses, he pioneered underwater camera techniques, and he was the godfather of the modern conservation movement.
- All Aboard Calypso
- Changing The World & Two Movie Oscars
- Conshelf Sea Bases And, Remarkably, A Third Oscar
- The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Some Personal Details and The End
Cousteau shared his plans to make undersea film documentaries with wealthy British philanthropist Thomas Loel Guinness. In 1950, Guinness bought a former car ferry and leased it to Cousteau, who was now 40-years-old, for a token 1 franc a year. The ship’s name was Calypso. Like Cousteau, it was destined to become familiar to TV audiences all over t...
In 1956, Cousteau released his first color movie documentary, called, like his earlier book, The Silent World. The movie was transformational, changing forever people’s ideas about the oceans and the life they contain. Today, most of us have seen plenty of undersea footage, but until Cousteau released The Silent World, only a tiny number of people ...
In 1963, Cousteau explored the possibility of establishing manned bases on the sea-floor, where divers could become ‘oceanauts.’ The bases, the Conshelf bases, were partly funded by French oil companies who were interested in exploring the sea-floor. In the end, Cousteau decided he would rather work in conservation than oil-exploration and abandone...
In the years 1968–76 Cousteau produced probably his best known work, the TV documentary series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. It ran for eight seasons, with some narration from Cousteau himself in his uniquely French accented English. The Undersea World described the adventures Cousteau and Calypso’s crew were having and the marine species...
In 1985, on Cousteau’s 75th birthday, President Ronald Reagan presented him with America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the same year, Cousteau invited Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, for dinner on Calypsoand persuaded him to release 80 political prisoners.
At age 26, Cousteau married Simone Melchior on July, 12 1937. They had two sons, Jean-Michel and Philipp. Simone always traveled with Cousteau on Calypsoand once sold her jewels to buy fuel to keep the ship at sea. Simone died of cancer in 1990. In 1991, Cousteau, who was by then in his eighties, married Francine Triplet. They already had a daughte...
Jul 16, 2012 · Susan Schiefelbein. Apart from his scuba equipment, which he called an “aqua lung,” Cousteau was perhaps best known for his underwater photography. His stunning documentaries produced for...
Jul 22, 2024 · Cousteau himself was a father to four children (sons Jean-Michel and Phillipe, who both joined their dad in underwater world expeditions, daughter Diane and son Pierre-Yves). But beyond being a doting dad, he was inspired by the inquisitive nature of children.
