LC control no. | n 99008703 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Tailliez, Philippe, 1905-2002 |
See also | Colleague: Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997 Colleague: Dumas, Frédéric |
Associated country | France |
Birth date | 1905-06-15 |
Death date | 2002-09-26 |
Place of birth | Malo-les-Bains (France) |
Place of death | Toulon (France) |
Field of activity | Deep diving Marine habitat conservation |
Affiliation | France. Marine |
Profession or occupation | Navies--Officers Scuba divers |
Found in | Plongées sans câble, c1998: t.p. (Philippe Tailliez) p. 5 (b. 6-15-05) Wikipedia, May 16, 2016: (Philippe Tailliez (15 June 1905, Malo-les-Bains - 26 September 2002, Toulon, France) was a friend and colleague of Jacques Cousteau. He was an underwater pioneer, who had been diving since the 1930s; Philippe Taillez left the naval college in 1924 ... He became a career naval officer. He became passionate about underwater breath-holding, hunting and photography, and became the French Navy's swimming champion; In 1936 he introduced Cousteau, while both were officers on the Condorcet, to the sport of spearfishing and two years later to Frédéric Dumas, another diving companion. These three men would start the history of deep-sea diving; In 1960 he retired from the French Navy. From then on he devoted himself to the protection of the sea from environmental pollution) |
Associated language | fre |