Jacques Cousteau

JacquesYves Cousteau AC was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He codeveloped the Aqualung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Acadmie franaise.

Cousteau was born onJune 1910, in SaintAndrdeCubzac, Gironde, France to Daniel and lisabeth Cousteau. He had one brother, PierreAntoine. Cousteau completed his preparatory studies at the Collge Stanislas in Paris. In 1930, he entered the cole Navale and graduated as a gunnery officer. After an automobile accident cut short his career in naval aviation, Cousteau indulged his interest in the sea. The accident caused him to break both his arms and could have even killed him. This caused Cousteau to have to change his plans in becoming a naval pilot, but it eventually worked out because of his passion for the ocean.

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