Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker, and host of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
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His legacy includes over 120 television documentaries and more than 50 books.[1] A French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author, Jacques-Yves Cousteau lived from 11 June 1910 to 25 June 1997.[1] His birthplace was Saint-André-de-Cubzac, in the Gironde department of France, and his birth date was 11 June 1910.[2]
Life and work
In Toulon, he carried out his first underwater experiments using Fernez goggles lent by his friend Philippe Tailliez in 1936.[3] His ambition to become a naval pilot was abandoned after a car crash fractured both of his arms.[2] Simone Melchior became his wife on 12 July 1937; the couple later had two sons.[4] The initial prototype Aqua-Lung, which enabled prolonged underwater exploration, was built in 1943 by Cousteau and Émile Gagnan.[5]
During that same year, two of the earliest Aqua-Lung prototypes were employed in the making of the film Épaves.[6] Leadership of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco was assumed by Cousteau in 1957.[2] From 1959 until 1973, he held the position of first president of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques.[7]
What the cited sources add
The homily noted that Cousteau cited the psalm verse "What is man that you are mindful of him" in his last writings.[8] The Cousteau Society website states that for over 50 years, the society has been at the forefront of ocean exploration, education, and conservation.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cousteau Society" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jacques Cousteau French ocean explorer and engineer", Encyclopædia Britannica (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cousteau Society"; "Jacques Cousteau Biography, Quotes, Books, WordCloud, Life History Timeline Minds of Science", www.mindsofscience.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lunn, "WDHOF announces new Simone Melchior Cousteau Grant", X-Ray International Dive Magazine, 8 March 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Silent World. J. Y. Cousteau with Frédéric Dumas. Hamish Hamilton, London. 1953; The Silent World. J. Y. Cousteau with Frédéric Dumas. Hamish Hamilton, London. 1953 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "le Scaphandre Autonome", Espalion-12.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jacques Cousteau" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1959–1973)", Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Homélie prononcée lors des obsèques de M. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, en la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris | Académie française". facts only, no text reused. academie-francaise.fr
- "Calypso". facts only, no text reused. cousteau.org
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- Wikipedia: Jacques Cousteau (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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