Alfred Wegener
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Earth Sciences, Explorers, Geology, Geologists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Wegener was a German meteorologist and Arctic explorer who received credit for the first clear statement of the hypothesis of continental drift. Although his ideas were scornfully dismissed by most geologists in his own time, they were enthusiastically revived by oceanographers in the mid-1960’s as the precursor to the well-known plate tectonics theory.
Early Life
Alfred Lothar Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany, on November 1, 1880, the son of a preacher in the Evangelical church. He was educated at the Köllnisches Gymnasium in...
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