| LC control no. | n 81103293 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997 |
| Variant(s) | Cousteau, Jacques-Yves, 1910-1997 Kusto, Zhak-Iv, 1910-1997 Cousteau, J.-Y. (Jacques-Yves), 1910-1997 Cousteau, Captain (Jacques), 1910-1997 |
| See also | Colleague: Dumas, Frédéric Colleague: Tailliez, Philippe, 1905-2002 |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1910-06-11 |
| Death date | 1997-06-25 |
| Place of birth | Saint-André-de-Cubzac (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Underwater exploration Deep diving Marine resources conservation Documentary films |
| Affiliation | Académie française Musée océanographique de Monaco |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers Scuba divers Navies--Officers Conservationists |
| Found in | His Par dix-huit mètres de fond ... 1946. His The silent world, 1987: CIP t.p. (J.Y. Cousteau) WW France, 1979-80 (Cousteau, Jacques-Yves, b. June 11, 1910) New York times, June 26, 1997: obituaries (Jacques Cousteau dies at 87; impresario of deep blue sea; d. June 25, 1997 at his home in Paris) LCCN 57009271: Dugan, J. Undersea explorer, 1957 (Captain Cousteau) BnF Web OPAC, Dec. 22, 2009 (Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910-1997); b. June 11, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France; d. June 25, 1997, Paris, France; océanographe, explorateur et cinéaste; capitaine de corvette; directeur du Musée océanographique de Monaco (1957-1988); membre de l'Institut, Académie française; variant: Cousteau, Commandant (1910-1997)) Wikipedia, May 17, 2016: (Jacques Cousteau; Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC (commonly known in English as Jacques Cousteau; 11 June 1910 - 25 June 1997) 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 co-developed the Aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française; Cousteau described his underwater world research in a series of books, perhaps the most successful being his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, published in 1953. Cousteau also directed films, most notably the documentary adaptation of the book, The Silent World, which won a Palme d'or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival; took the first ex-aequo prize of the Congress of Documentary Film in 1943, for the first French underwater film: Par dix-huit mètres de fond (18 meters deep), made without breathing apparatus the previous year in the Embiez islands (Var) with Philippe Tailliez and Frédéric Dumas; born in Saint-Andrȩ-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France; died in Paris, France; lists works in French and English) Wikipedia, May 17, 2016: Frédéric Dumas page (Frédéric Dumas was part of a team of three, with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez; They had a passion for diving, and developed the diving regulator) |
| Associated language | fre eng |
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