1917 - 2011
Christian J. Lambertsen American Military
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| First Name |
Christian
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| Middle Name |
J.
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| Last Name |
Lambertsen
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| Birthday |
15th May, 1917
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| Birthplace |
Westfield, New Jersey
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| Died |
11th February, 2011
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| Place of Death |
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Military
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Christian James Lambertsen (May 15, 1917 – February 11, 2011) was an American environmental medicine and diving medicine specialist who was principally responsible for developing the United States Navy frogmen's rebreathers in the early 1940s for underwater warfare. Lambertsen designed a series of rebreathers in 1940 (patent filing date: 16 Dec 1940) and in 1944 (patent issue date: 2 May 1944) and first called his invention breathing apparatus. Later, after the war, he called it Laru (portmanteau for Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit) and finally, in 1952, he changed his invention's name again to SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus). Although diving regulator technology was invented by Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1943 and was unrelated to rebreathers, the current use of the word SCUBA is largely attributed to the Gagnan-Cousteau invention. The US Navy considers Lambertsen to be "the father of the Frogmen".
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