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Jan 27, 1905 Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium Died on 01 Jan 1973 (aged 67)
Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer
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About Jean De Wouters
- Jean Guy Marie Josef chevalier de Wouters d'Oplinter (1905 – 1973) was a Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer.
- He was born in Brussels.
- In 1957, he created the Calypso-Phot for Jacques-Yves Cousteau under their La Spirotechnique company name.
- It was later licensed to Nikon, where it became the Nikonos, (for a period sold in Europe as the Calypso-Nikkor).
- De Wouters apparently worked in aviation earlier in life, possibly during World War II, since he holds several patents for airplane improvements dating to that time period.
- He died in Rome in 1973.
