Jacques Cousteau (11 June 1910 â 27 June 1997) was a French explorer, naval officer, innovator, scientist, photographer, researcher and author who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He is best known for his great works in developing the Aqua-lung. He also pioneered marine conservation and he was even a member of the Academie francaise.
In 1930, he joined the Ecole Navale where he graduated as a gunnery officer. However, he got into an automobile accident that cut short his career in naval aviation. After the accident, he shifted his interest towards the sea.
He served on the Condorcet in Toulon. Here he performed some underwater experiments. This was made possible after his friend Philippe Tailliez decided to lend him some Fernez underwater goggles. Since Jacques Cousteau belonged to the information service of French Navy, he was sent on different missions to Japan and Shanghai and the USSR in 1939.
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