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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.
- May 15, 1917, Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
- M.L Gernhardt
- February 11, 2011 (aged 93), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- United States of America
He has been called the “Father of the Frogmen” and the “Father of American SCUBA.”. Dr. Christian Lambertsen — inventor, environmentalist, professor, scientist, combat veteran, medical doctor, and pioneer in undersea and aerospace medicine — is one of the most influential OSS inventors in history.
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Feb 26, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen invented an underwater breathing system that was used by Navy commandos during World War II. Lambertsen Collection. Once Dr. Lambertsen graduated from medical school...
Feb 18, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen, who as a medical student in 1939 invented a revolutionary underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and who later helped coin the popular...
CHRISTIAN J. LAMBERTSEN, a distinguished scientist, medical doctor, inventor, environmentalist, pioneer in undersea and aerospace medicine, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine for his entire adult life, died on February 11, 2011, at the age of 93.
Feb 21, 2011 · Christian J. Lambertsen, a scientist and doctor who invented an underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and later coined the “scuba” acronym by which such systems are widely known, has died at 93. The Associated Press reported today that he died Feb. 11 at his home in Newtown Square.
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.
