Birth Name:

Christian J. Lambertsen

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, May 15, 1917

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Westfield, New Jersey, United States

Age:

106

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

24°

Tau

16'

About Christian J. Lambertsen

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. Lambertsen designed a series of rebreathers in 1940 (patent filing date: 16 Dec 1940) and in 1944 (patent issue date: 2 May 1944) and first called his invention breathing apparatus. Later, after the war, he called it Laru (portmanteau for Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit) and finally, in 1952, he changed his invention's name again to SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus). Although diving regulator technology was invented by Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1943 and was unrelated to rebreathers, the current use of the word SCUBA is largely attributed to the Gagnan-Cousteau invention. The US Navy considers Lambertsen to be "the father of the Frogmen".

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Lambertsen Publications

• National Academy of Engineering listing

• The Environmental Biomedical Stress Data Center Brochure[permanent dead link]

• A long biography about him, and about the rebreather that he designed

• Images of his rebreather

• New York Times Obituary

• Christian J. Lambertsen Papers at Duke University Medical Center Archives

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Christian J. Lambertsen

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Christian J. Lambertsen: Sun 24 Taurus, Moon 15 Pisces, Mercury 26 Taurus, Venus 29 Taurus, Mars 8 Taurus, Jupiter 19 Taurus, Saturn 25 Cancer, Uranus 23 Aquarius, Neptune 2 Leo, Pluto 2 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Sextile Saturn, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Conjunct Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Square Uranus, Jupiter Semi Square Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Christian J. Lambertsen: New Jersey, 2011 deaths, Recipients of the Legion of Merit, May 15 births, University of Pennsylvania faculty, Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering, Rutgers University alumni, American medical researchers, American underwater divers, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School alumni, United States Army Medical Corps officers, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni, People from Westfield, People from Scotch Plains, 1917 births, Diving engineers, United States Army personnel of World War II

Photo attribution: US Army, US Army