Alfred Lothar Wegener
1880-1930
German geophysicist whose theory of continental drift preceeded the current understanding of plate tectonics. Born in Berlin, the son of an orphanage director, Wegener ...
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Alfred Lothar Wegener
1880-1930
German Meteorologist and Geophysicist
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a meteorologist and geophysicist best known for his theory of continental drift, according to which Eart...
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Wegener, Alfred (1880-1930)
German meteorologist
Alfred Wegener was primarily a meteorologist who became much more famous for proposing the idea of continental drift. Decades after his death, the theo...
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Alfred Wegener is remembered as one of the world's foremost earth scientists for his idea that 200 million years ago all seven continents were part of a singular land mass that broke apart -- the theo...
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The German meteorologist, Arctic explorer, and geophysicist Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880-1930) is remembered for his theory of continental drift.Alfred Wegener son of an Evangelical preacher, was born ...
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