John Morgan Wells, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Morgan Wells

physiologist, aquanaut, and researcher into saturation diving and the use of nitrox and trimix as breathing gases

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1940

Date of Death: 28-Jul-2017

Profession: physiologist, aquanaut

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Morgan Wells (April 12, 1940 - July 28, 2017) was a marine biologist, and physiologist involved in the development of decompression systems for deep diving, and the use of nitrox as a breathing gas for diving.
He is known for developing the widely used NOAA Nitrox I (32% O2/N2) and II (36% O2/N2) mixtures and their decompression tables in the late 1970s, the deep diving mixture of oxygen, helium, and nitrogen known as NOAA Trimix I, for research in undersea habitats, where divers live and work under pressure for extended periods, and for training diving physicians and medical technicians in hyperbaric medicine.