caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
georges beuchat in 1980 . 1992 marseille , france suisse february 11 , 1910 georges beuchat.jpg georges beuchat
 georges beuchat french inventor , diver , businessman
georges beuchat

georges beuchat -lrb- 1910 -- 1992 -rrb- was a french inventor , diver , businessman and emblematic pioneer of underwater activities and founder of beuchat .
throughout his lifetime , georges beuchat never ceased developing products which have significantly enhanced underwater activity as we know it today .
many of his inventions and innovations have gone down in history , including the surface buoy in 1948 , the first underwater camera housing in 1950 , and the first vented fins -lrb- the jetfins in 1964 -rrb- .
