People who made discoveries or inventions in the science or technology of underwater diving
This is a listing of researchers who have made discoveries or inventions relating to the science and technology of underwater diving.
Divers who have become notable due to their exploits are not listed here, unless they have published research findings or invented an important item of diving related equipment. For these, see Outline of underwater divers.
John R. Clarke – American scientist and underwater breathing apparatus authority (1945- )
Jacques-Yves Cousteau – French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997) Co-inventor of the twin hose open circuit demand scuba regulator (AquaLung)
Robert Davis (inventor) – English inventor and manufacturer of underwater breathing apparatus (1870–1965)
Charles Anthony Deane – Pioneering diving engineer and inventor of a surface supplied diving helmet (1796-1848)
Peter Kreeft – American philosopher (born 1937) Early diving suit
Christian J. Lambertsen – American environmental and diving medicine specialist (1917-2011) Early oxygen rebreather (SCUBA)
Yves Le Prieur – French naval officer and inventor of a free-flow scuba system (1885-1963)
John Lethbridge – English wool merchant who invented a diving machine in 1715 (1675-1759) Diving suit
William Hogarth Main – Cave diver and scuba configuration experimentalist "Hogarthian" rig
Ernest William Moir – British civil engineer credited with inventing the first medical airlock (1862-1933)
Phil Nuytten – Canadian deep-ocean explorer, scientist, and inventor of the Newtsuit (1941-2023)
Joseph Salim Peress – Pioneering British diving engineer (1896-1978) Atmospheric diving suits
Auguste Piccard – Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer (1884-1962)
Benoît Rouquayrol – French inventor of an early diving demand regulator
Joe Savoie – Diver and inventor of diving helmets - Invented the neck dam for diving helmets[1] (1926-1996)
Willard Franklyn Searle – US Navy ocean engineer and developer of diving and salvage equipment and systems (1924-2009) Buoyancy compensator developments
Augustus Siebe – British engineer mostly known for his contributions to diving equipment (1788-1872)
Teseo Tesei – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver (1909-1941)
Jacques Triger – French geologist who invented the pressurised caisson (1801–1867) (1801-1867)
Researchers in diving medicine and physiology, including decompression theory
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^ abBall, R.; Himm, J.; Homer, L. D.; Thalmann, E.D. (1994). "A Model of Bubble Evolution During Decompression Based on a Monte Carlo Simulation of Inert Gas Diffusion". Naval Medical Research Institute Report. 94–36.
^Leitch, D.R.; Barnard, E.E.P. (1982). "Observations on no-stop and repetitive air and oxynitrogen diving". Undersea Biomed Res. 9 (2): 113–129. PMID7123696.
^Bassett, Bruce E.; Graver, Dennis; Hardy, Jon; Brown, Charles V.; Bell, Richard L.; Thompson, Anthony C.; Borowari, Reid E. (1979). Decompression in Depth : The Proceedings of the Seminar : March 10 1979. Santa Ana California: Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).
^ abcdKindwall, Eric P.; Baz, A.; Lightfoot, E.N.; Lanphier, Edward H.; Seireg, A. (1975). "Nitrogen elimination in man during decompression". Undersea Biomedical Research. 2 (4): 285–297. ISSN0093-5387. OCLC2068005. PMID1226586.
^Bennett, P.B. (1965). "Psychometric impairment in men breathing oxygen-helium at increased pressures". Royal Navy Personnel Research Committee, Underwater Physiology Subcommittee Report No. 251. London.
^Berghage, Thomas E.; McCraken, T.M. (December 1979). "Equivalent air depth: fact or fiction". Undersea Biomedical Research. 6 (4): 379–84. PMID538866.
^Cui, H. (1986). "In commemoration of the centenary anniversary of the passing away of Paul Bert, one of the founders of aero-medicine and diving medicine". Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 16 (2): 116–8. PMID11612004.
^ abcdTrucco, Jean-Noël; Biard, Jef; Redureau, Jean-Yves; Fauvel, Yvon (1999). "Table Marine National 90 (MN90), Version du 3 May 1999"(PDF) (in French). F.F.E.S.S.M. Comité interrégional Bretagne & Pays de la Loire; Commission Technique Régionale. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^Imbert, J.P.; Bontoux, M. (13–14 February 1987). A method for introducing new decompression procedures. Proceedings of the Undersea Medical Society Workshop on validation of decompression schedules. Bethesda, Maryland.
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^Trucco, Jean-Noël; Biard, Jef; Redureau, Jean-Yves; Fauvel, Yvon (3 May 1999). "Table Marine National 90 (MN90): Version du 03/05/1999"(PDF). Comité interrégional Bretagne & Pays de la Loire; Commission Technique Régionale. (in French). F.F.E.S.S.M. Archived(PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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^Butler, WP (2004). "Caisson disease during the construction of the Eads and Brooklyn Bridges: A review". Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 31 (4): 445–59. PMID15686275.
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^ abDavis, Jefferson C.; Sheffield, Paul J.; Schuknecht, L.; Heimbach, R.D.; Dunn, J.M.; Douglas, G.; Anderson, G.K. (August 1977). "Altitude decompression sickness: hyperbaric therapy results in 145 cases". Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 48 (8): 722–30. PMID889546.
^ abcVann, R.D.; Gerth, W.A.; Denoble, P.J.; Pieper, C.F.; Thalmann, E.D. (Winter 2004). "Experimental trials to assess the risks of decompression sickness in flying after diving". Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. 31 (4): 431–444. PMID15686274.
^ abDoolette, David J.; Mitchell, Simon J. (June 2003). "Biophysical basis for inner ear decompression sickness". Journal of Applied Physiology. 94 (6): 2145–50. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01090.2002. PMID12562679.
^Dovenbarger, Joel A. (1988). Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (1988) (Report). Divers Alert Network.
^Fife, William P. (1979). The use of Non-Explosive mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen for diving. TAMU-SG-79-201 (Report). Texas A&M University Sea Grant.
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^Huggins, K.E.; Somers, L. (1981). Mathematical Evaluation of Multi-Level Diving. Michigan Sea Grant Publication #MICHU-SG-81-207 (Report). Ann Arbor.
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