Jacques Cousteau

Jacques Cousteau

(1910–1997) writer France

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Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997) was a France writer.

About Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.

Awards:

Presidential Medal of Freedom|Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film|Genesis Award|Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|National Inventors Hall of Fame|Howard N. Potts Medal|Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Sierra Club John Muir Award|Commander of the Legion of Honour|Catalonia International Prize|BAFTA Fellowship|Benjamin Franklin Medal|Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Maritime Merit|Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès|Founder’s Medal|honorary doctor of Harvard University|honorary doctorate of the Polytechnic University of Valencia|Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit|Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit|Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres|honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel|honorary doctor of Brandeis University|honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv|Q137641172

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