Jean de Wouters

Jean Guy Marie Josef chevalier de Wouters d'Oplinter (1905 – 1973) was a Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer.

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.

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