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Alfred Lothar Wegener (/ ˈveɪɡənər /; [1] German: [ˈʔalfʁeːt ˈveːɡənɐ]; [2][3] 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
Alfred Wegener | Biography, Theory, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月28日 · Alfred Wegener (born November 1, 1880, Berlin, Germany—died November 1930, Greenland) was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.
Biography of Alfred Wegener, German Scientist - ThoughtCo
2019年5月15日 · Alfred Wegener (November 1, 1880–November 1930) was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who developed the first theory of continental drift and formulated the idea that a supercontinent known as Pangaea existed on the Earth millions of years ago.
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Alfred Lothar Wegener (1 November 1880 – 13 November 1930) was a German scientist, geophysist and meteorologist. [1] He is most notable for his theory of continental drift , which he proposed in December 1912.
Biography of Alfred Wegener | Environment & Society Portal
Historian Christian Kehrt presents a short biographical profile of geologist and polar explorer Alfred Wegener, with historic photographs. Wegener's diaries from his three Greenland expeditions (1906–1931)—digitized, transcribed, and translated—are the focus of …
Alfred Wegener - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift – the idea that Earth’s continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and 1929, it was rejected by most other scientists.
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From 1906 to 1908, Wegener decided to take the first of four Greenland Expeditions in order to study polar weather. Led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, the expedition crew’s mission was to explore the last unknown portion of the northeastern coast of Greenland.
Alfred Wegener - AWI
On 6 January 1912 a spectacle of one man against the world took place at the annual meeting of the Geological Association in Frankfurt am Main. That was the day 31-year-old meteorologist Alfred Wegener gave his talk on the formation of the oceans and continents and in the process shook the foundations of accepted doctrine.
Alfred Lothar Wegener - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月29日 · 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 in Berlin on Nov. 1, 1880.
Alfred Wegener - NASA Earth Observatory
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift - the idea that the Earth's continents move over hundreds of millions of years of geologic time - long before the idea was commonly accepted.