Frédéric Dumas
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Frédéric Dumas (14 January 1913 – 26 July 1991) was a French writer. He was part of a team of three, with
Biography
Frédéric Dumas was born on 14 January 1913 in Albi.
A pioneer of underwater
Cousteau again chose him as an "actor" when he made his second film, "Epaves" ("Wrecks") in 1943, the first film featuring the new Cousteau-Gagnan
Dumas was a dive leader aboard the RV Calypso, and co-author or actor in many films and stories from the Cousteau team.
In 1953 he co-authored with Cousteau the book The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure. It was their first book. In 1956 he was one of the principal architects of the ground-breaking film The Silent World, in which his ballet with the grouper Ulysses (Jojo in French) is famous.
From 1945 to 1965, Dumas was also a civilian collaborator in the French Navy's Groupement de Recherches Sous-marines (GRS or Underwater Research Group), which was set up by Cousteau and Taillez. It later became the Groupe d'Études et de Recherches Sous-Marines (GERS or Undersea Study and Research Group) and is nowadays known as CEllule Plongée Humaine et Intervention Sous la MER (CEPHISMER or Human Diving and Underwater Intervention Cell).
In 1946, Cousteau and Dumas dove into the Fountain of Vaucluse, a mysterious spring in the village of Vaucluse, hoping to discover the secret of its yearly flooding. Maurice Fargues was the operation's surface commander, in charge of the guide rope which allowed Cousteau and Dumas to communicate with the surface. When Cousteau and Dumas became affected by carbon monoxide in their air cylinders, Fargues saved their lives by pulling them back up to the surface.[1][2]
Dumas was one of the major players in the rescue of Professor
He was a founding member of the Sea Research Society and served on the Society's Board of Advisors. In 1972 Dumas participated in the creation of the research/professional degree of Doctor of Marine Histories.
After he retired from the GERS, he devoted himself particularly to
Frédéric Dumas died on 26 July 1991 in Toulon at the age of 78.
Museum
Opened in 1994, the Frédéric Dumas International Diving Museum is in a 13th-century Roman tower made available by the municipality of Sanary-sur-Mer where Cousteau had a Villa and that bills itself as an historical city of diving.[3]
Publications
- Deep-water Archaeology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul (1962).
- Épaves antiques. Introduction à l'archéologie sous marine méditerranéenne. Paris. (1964).
References
- ISBN 978-0-375-42413-7
- Harper & Brothers Publishers. Library of Congress 52-5431
- ^ "Frédéric Dumas International Diving Museum". Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
External links
- Frédéric Dumas at IMDb
- Sanary sur Mer Rétro: Frédéric Dumas[permanent dead link] (in French) [dead link]
- Frédéric Dumas International Diving Museum
- Quelques photos du Musée (in French)