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Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
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science · German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930) · meteorologist · university teacher · polar explorer · physicist · geographer · geophysicist · climatologist · geologist · explorer · astronomer · also Alfred Wegener, Wegener
Born 1 November 1880 · Died November 1930 · Q76323
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2026· 1 entry
2013· 1 entry
Scientific American: May 12, 1931: Alfred Wegener's last Journey
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2006· 1 entry
New York Post: ALFRED WEGENER – FATHER OF THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY
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1999· 1 entry
Published “Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research.” in Psychological Methods — cited 6,494 times.
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1993· 1 entry
It became possible to measure continental drift directly
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1964· 1 entry
The Royal Society held a symposium on the subject
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1943· 1 entry
George Gaylord Simpson wrote a strong critique of the theory (as well as the rival theory of sunken land bridges) and gave evidence for the idea that similarities of flora and fauna between the continents could best be e
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1938· 1 entry
Marry the famous Austrian mountaineer and adventurer Heinrich Harrer, while in 1939, Käte married Siegfried Uiberreither, Austrian Nazi Gauleiter of Styria
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1930· 1 entry
Died 1930-11.
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1929· 1 entry
Revealed the significant observation that shallower oceans were geologically younger
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1926· 1 entry
At the initiative of Willem van der Gracht, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists organised a symposium on the continental drift hypothesis
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1925· 1 entry
Was written in "a dogmatic style that often results from German translations"
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1924· 3 entries
As The Origin of Continents and Oceans, a translation of the 1922 third German edition
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Career landmark: professor (1924–1930).
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Wegener was appointed to a professorship in meteorology and geophysics in Graz, a position that was both secure and free of administrative duties
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1922· 1 entry
The third, fully revised edition of "The Origin of Continents and Oceans" appeared, and discussion began on his theory of continental drift, first in the German language area and later internationally
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1921· 1 entry
Was moreover appointed senior lecturer at the new University of Hamburg
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1919· 1 entry
Wegener replaced Köppen as head of the Meteorological Department at the German Maritime Observatory (Deutsche Seewarte) and moved to Hamburg with his wife and their two daughters
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1917· 1 entry
Undertook a scientific investigation of the Treysa meteorite
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1915· 2 entries
To complete the first version of his major work, Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane ("The Origin of Continents and Oceans")
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In the first edition of his book, Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane, written in German,
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1913· 3 entries
Won Carl-Ritter-Medal (1913).
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Later in 1913, after his return Wegener married Else Köppen, the daughter of his former teacher and mentor, the meteorologist Wladimir Köppen.
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After his return Wegener married Else Köppen, the daughter of his former teacher and mentor, the meteorologist Wladimir Köppen
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1912· 2 entries
Made a case for the theory in a long, three-part article and a shorter summary
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That the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth (German: Kontinentalverschiebung)
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1911· 1 entry
Which criticised the prevalent hypothesis, that a bridge of land once connected Europe and America, on the grounds that this contradicts isostasy
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1908· 1 entry
And until World War I, Wegener was a lecturer in meteorology, applied astronomy and cosmic physics at the University of Marburg
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1906· 1 entry
Wegener participated in the first of his four Greenland expeditions, later regarding this experience as a decisive turning point in his life
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1905· 2 entries
Wegener became an assistant at the Aeronautisches Observatorium Lindenberg near Beeskow
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Under the supervision of Julius Bauschinger and Wilhelm Förster
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1886· 1 entry
His family purchased a former manor house near Rheinsberg, which they used as a vacation home
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1880· 1 entry
Born 1880-11-01.
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