Alfred Wegener is remembered as one of the world's foremost earth scientists for his idea that 200 million years ago all seven continents were part of a singular land mass that broke apart -- the theory of continental drift. Born in Berlin, Germany,...

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. He attended university...

1880-1930 German Meteorologist and Geophysicist Alfred Lothar Wegener was a meteorologist and geophysicist best known for his theory of continental drift, according to which Earth's continents once formed a single landmass and over time drifted...

1880-1930 German geophysicist whose theory of continental drift preceeded the current understanding of plate tectonics. Born in Berlin, the son of an orphanage director, Wegener earned a doctorate in astronomy, and went on several harrowing expeditions...

German meteorologist Alfred Wegener was primarily a meteorologist who became much more famous for proposing the idea of continental drift. Decades after his death, the theory of continental drift that he had proposed in 1912 became the well-established...

Alfred Lothar Wegener (Berlin, November 1, 1880 – Greenland, November 2 or 3, 1930) was a German interdisciplinary scientist and meteorologist, who became famous for his theory of continental drift ("Kontinentalverschiebung" or "die Verschiebung der...

Utter, damned rot!" said the president of the prestigious American Philosophical Society. "If we are to believe |this~ hypothesis, we must forget everything we have learned in the last 70 years and start all over again," said another American scientist. Anyone...

Alfred Wegener was a German visionary meteorologist whose theory of continental drift became the foundation of modern concepts on the origin of continents and oceans. His theories were initially rejected but were later accepted by the scientific community in the face of mounting evidence....