Wetsuit inventor Hugh Bradner, 92
Posted: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 8:14 amNovember 5, 1915 - May 5, 2008
Physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and invented the neoprene wetsuit
Neither time nor tide has eroded the debate around who invented the wetsuit — since the mid-1950s, when the neoprene outfits became common among divers, argument has raged over who was the originator. However, Hugh Bradner, a physicist who worked on atomic bomb testing in the Pacific, has the strongest claim to the title. …
