Back Alfred Wegener Afrikaans ألفريد فيغنر Arabic الفريد فيجنر ARZ Alfred Vegener Azerbaijani آلفرد وقنر AZB Альфрэд Лотар Вегенер Byelorussian Альфрэд Лётар Вэгенэр BE-X-OLD Алфред Вегенер Bulgarian আলফ্রেড ভেগেনার Bengali/Bangla Alfred Wegener Breton
Alfred Wegener | |
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 Wegener, c. 1924–1930 | |
| Born | Alfred Lothar Wegener 1 November 1880 |
| Died | November 1930 (aged 50) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin (PhD) |
| Known for | Continental drift theory |
| Relatives | Kurt Wegener (brother) Paul Wegener (cousin) Wladimir Köppen (father-in-law) Heinrich Harrer (son-in-law) Siegfried Uiberreither (son-in-law) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climatology, geology, geophysics, meteorology |
| Thesis | The Alfonsine Tables for the Use of a Modern Computer (1905) |
| Doctoral advisor | Julius Bauschinger, Wilhelm Förster |
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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.
During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most remembered as the originator of continental drift hypothesis by suggesting in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth (German: Kontinentalverschiebung).
His hypothesis was not accepted by mainstream geology until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries such as palaeomagnetism provided strong support for continental drift, and thereby a substantial basis for today's model of plate tectonics.[4][5]
Wegener was involved in several expeditions to Greenland to study polar air circulation before the existence of the jet stream was accepted. Expedition participants made many meteorological observations and were the first to overwinter on the inland Greenland ice sheet and the first to bore ice cores on a moving Arctic glacier.
- ^ "Wegener" Archived 29 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 177, 897. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
- ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 302, 1047. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ^ Spaulding, Nancy E.; Namowitz, Samuel N. (2005). Earth Science. Boston: McDougal Littell. ISBN 0-618-11550-1.
- ^ McIntyre, Michael; Eilers, H. Peter; Mairs, John (1991). Physical geography. New York: Wiley. p. 273. ISBN 0-471-62017-3.
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