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Alfred Lothar Wegener
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1. alfred lothar wegener, wegener
German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930)
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Alfred Lothar Wegener
see synonyms of alfred lothar wegener 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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