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Inventor and Officer of the French Navy. Yves Le Prieur was bom on March 23,1885 and followed his father into the French navy. As an officer he served in Asia and used traditional deep sea diving equipment. He studied Japanese and became proficient enough to be promoted as the military attaché and translator at the French Embassy in Tokyo. While there he became the first Frenchman to earn a Black Belt in judo and the first person ever to take off in a glider from Japanese soil. His military career was very distinguished and he invented several new technical appliances including a giro-clinometer. He ended the first world war as one of the most decorated officers and continued his career in aviation. In 1925 he discovered the Fernez diving apparatus and worked with Fernez to develop the free flow Fernez - Le Prieur scuba system which featured a compressed air cylinder on the divers back. In 1933 he patented the Le Prieur scuba system which featured an adjustable free flow system with the cylinder located at the divers front. Using this system he started filming underwater and giving diving exhibitions. In 1935 he and film maker Jean Painleve opened the scuba diving Club in Paris. They gave a Grand Gala in 1936 featuring 33 club members diving. |
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variant spelling: LE PRIEUR, Yves |
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