Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess, 1869
Born	(1831-08-20)20 August 1831 London, England
Died	26 April 1914(1914-04-26) (aged 82) Vienna, Austria
Resting place	Marz, Austria-Hungary 47°43′6.991″N 16°24′57.932″E / 47.71860861°N 16.41609222°E / 47.71860861; 16.41609222
Nationality	Austrian
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Known for	Biosphere, Gondwana, Tethys Ocean, Das Antlitz der Erde, eustatic theory, sima, sial
Spouse	Hermine née Strauss
Children	5 sons, 1 daughter
Awards	Hayden Memorial Geological Award (1892) Wollaston Medal (1896) Copley Medal (1903)
Scientific career
Fields	Palaeogeography, tectonics
Doctoral students	Melchior Neumayr Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar Fuchs Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen Albrecht Penck

Eduard Suess (Austrian German: [ˈeːdu.ard ˈsyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and the Tethys Ocean.