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Alfred Lothar Wegener

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Noun

1. alfred lothar wegener, wegener

German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930)

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Alfred Lothar Wegener

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German geophysicist, meteorologist, and explorer who proposed the theory of continental drift. He posited the existence of the supercontinent Pangaea in his book The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1915).

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