Sunday, 16 October 2011
SUMMARY
JACQUES COUSTEAU
BACKGROUND:
· Born :June 11.1910
· Place of born: Saint de-Cubzac, France
· Occupation: French oceanographer, inventor , photographer, And environmentalist.
· Family:
- Parents: Daniel and Elizabeth Cousteau
- Wife : Simone Melchior
- Son : Jean-Michel and Phillipe
CHILDHOOD:
· Jacques Cousteau was a very sick kids.
· Has a deep passionate towards the sea.
· At the age of four(4) he started to learn swimming.
· He also curious about machine.
· At the age of 13, he bought a movie camera and take it apart just to see how it work.
TEENAGERS ERA:
· He’s not very interested in school.
· Jacques Cousteau got expelled from school because he’s breaking one of the school window.
· After that, he was sent to a boarding school in Alsace.
· In 1930, he entry Ecole Navale( Naval academy) at Brest.
· He join the French Navy as a gunnery officer.
· He still bringing his curiosity by taking roll and roll of exotic films.
LIFE CHALLENGE:
· In 1933, he suffered a major accident that nearly cost his life.
· To regain his health, he swimming daily in the Mediterranean while experimented the watertight goggles to see the underwater.
AT THE AGE OF 27
· In 1937, he married Simone Melchior.
· and they had two(2) son, Jean-Michel and Phillipe.
· The invented of compressed air cylinder helped Jacques to experiment various item to stay underwater.
· He also invent a waterproof cover for the camera.
WORLD WAR 11
· He joined the French Resistance movement, spying on the armed force of Hitler’s ally, Italy.
· The French government awarded him the Legion d ’Honneur, the highest honour given to a civilian.
· He continued to search for a breathing apparatus.
· In 1943,he met Emile Gagnan( French engineer)
· They invent a machine called “aqua lung”
· In June 1943, tested the aqua lung by diving down to 60 ft.
· Scuba diving came into being.
GOLDEN ERA BEGAN
· In 1948, he became a president of the French Oceanographic campaigns.
· In 1950, he purchased a ship ( Calypso) to further his explorations.
· Carrier :
-He wrote a first book “The Silent World”.
-In 1955, the French government and National Geographic sponsored his
voyage to the red sea and Indian Ocean.
-In 1956, shot documentary film “The silent World”
-He won a academy award for shot a spectacular sequences of shark feeding.
- In 1956,he retired as a captain at French Navy and became a director of
the Oceanographic Institute at Monaco.
DIVINE GUIDANCE
· He set out three expeditions called Conshelf I, II and III.
· In 1966, he won an academy award from the film “World Without Sun”.
· TV serial “The undersea World of Jacques Cousteau”.
· He wrote more book in 1963 ‘The Living Sea’ , in 1975 ‘ Dolphins’ and Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World in 1985.
· In 1974, he started Cousteau society to conserve ocean life.
· In 1985, he receive an award the medal of freedom by US president Reagan.
LAST PART OF J.C
· In January 11, 1996 the calypso hit a barge and sank in Singapore harbour.
· Tried to build a Calypso II.
· However, he died on June 25, 1997.
· But, he leave a treasure which is the knowledge about the undersea world.
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