Jean de Wouters

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Jean de Wouters (full name: Jean Guy Marie Josef de Wouters d'Oplinter) is 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 Calypso-Nikkor and then the Nikonos.

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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