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Undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung, a breathing device for scuba-diving, in In , he started the French Navy's undersea research group. In , he began going on yearly trips to explore the ocean on the Calypso. In , the Calypso sunk. The younger of two sons born to Daniel and Elizabeth Cousteau, he suffered from stomach problems and anemia as a young child.

At age 4, Cousteau learned to swim and started a lifelong fascination with water. As he entered adolescence, he showed a strong curiosity for mechanical objects and upon purchasing a movie camera, he took it apart to understand how it operated. Cousteau's curiosity notwithstanding, he did not do well in school. At 13, He was sent to boarding school in Alsace, France.

After graduation, as a gunnery officer, he joined the French Navy's information service.

Born on June 11, , in

He took his camera along and shot many rolls of film at exotic ports-o-call in the Indian and South Pacific oceans. In , Cousteau was in a major automobile accident that nearly took his life. During his rehabilitation, he took up daily swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. A friend, Philippe Tailliez, gave Cousteau a pair of swimming goggles, which opened him to the mysteries of the sea and began his quest to understand the underwater world.

In , Cousteau married Simone Melchior.