Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a lover and pioneer of the sea, was born in St Andre-de-Dubze in France on June 11th, 1910. His most recognized work was the co-invention of the aqualung in 1943 with Emile Gagnan but is also recognized as a great explorer. From a young age he showed his creative talents as he built machines such as a model crane and a battery powered car. In 1930 he attended Ecole Navale in Brest where he first found his love for the sea and began his work on the aqualung. While serving the navy during the war he continued his work and finally completed the device that would allow a diver to stay underwater for a couple of hours. His device was later used to remove mines after the end of the war. The Aqualung was the precedent for modern underwater breathing apparatus. He was named Captaine de Corvette of the French navy, and led the oceanographic campaign. He ran a research vessel known as Calypso, and was able to fund his research by making films about the unknowns of the seas. One of his more popular films "The Silent World" was shown at the Cannes film festival in 1956. In 1974, Cousteau founded a non-profit organization called the Cousteau Society dedicated to the conservation of marine life. Jacque Cousteau died in June 1997, a legend of the seas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau
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