Alfred Lothar Wegener (1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German scientist, geologist, and meteorologist.
He is most notable for his theory of continental drift (Kontinentalverschiebung), proposed in 1915, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. However, Wegener was unable to demonstrate a mechanism for continental drift, which, combined with his mostly circumstantial evidence, meant that his hypothesis w...
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Alfred Lothar Wegener (1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German scientist, geologist, and meteorologist.
He is most notable for his theory of continental drift (Kontinentalverschiebung), proposed in 1915, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. However, Wegener was unable to demonstrate a mechanism for continental drift, which, combined with his mostly circumstantial evidence, meant that his hypothesis was not accepted until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries provided evidence of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin during the time of the German Empire, November 1,1880.
Alfred had early training in astronomy and biology. In 1905, Wegener earned his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Berlin. However Wegener was always interested in the developing fields of meteorology and climatology. He was a record-holding balloonist (flying a balloon in the air for 52 hours straight) and pioneered the use of weather balloons to...
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