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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
If there is one person who single-handedly fascinated millions of landlocked viewers to venture underwater into the unknown, through television, it is the Frenchman Jacques Cousteau.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, in the town of St.-Andre-de-Cubzac near Bordeaux, in France, to Daniel and Elizabeth Cousteau.
As a child, Jacques was quite sickly but he nonetheless learned to swim at the age of four.
His initial dip led to his everlasting love for the sea.
He was also very curious about machines. At the age of 13, Cousteau saved his pocket money to buy a movie camera.
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The first thing he did was to take it apart to see how it worked! He shot films around the house and credited it with “J Cousteau” director and chief cameraman.
Despite his curiosity, Cousteau was not very interested in school.
He was soon expelled from school for breaking one of the windows. As a result Cousteau was sent to a boarding school in Alsace.
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