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Dumas, Frédéric

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Personal name headingDumas, Frédéric
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Variant(s)Dumas, Didi
See alsoColleague: Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997
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Colleague: Tailliez, Philippe, 1905-2002
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Associated countryFrance
Birth date1913-01-14
Death date1991-07-26
Place of birthAlbi (France)
Place of deathToulon (France)
Field of activityDeep diving Underwater exploration
Profession or occupationScuba divers
Found inCousteau, J. Y. Le monde du silence, 1954.
Wikipedia, May 16, 2016: (Frédéric Dumas (1913-1991) was part of a team of three, with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez, in which he was nicknamed Didi. They had a passion for diving, and developed the diving regulator with the aid of the engineer Émile Gagnan. Frédéric Dumas then participated with Jacques-Yves Cousteau in the discovery of the underwater world and in bringing it to the attention of the general public; born on 14 January 1913 in Albi; died on 26 July 1991 in Toulon at the age of 78)
Associated languagefre