
BEUCHAT, Georges
France (1910-1992)
Last updated: March 9, 2017 at 16:45 pm
Dive equipment manufacturing pioneer; founded the Beuchat Society in Marseilles in 1934; inventor; credited with the invention of the surface buoy (1948), the first underwater camera housing (1950), the first isothermic wetsuit (1953), and the first vented fins (Jetfins, 1964).
Honours and Awards:
Exportation Award (France, 1961)
Website(s):
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