The father of Alfred Wegener was Richard (Wegener), a cleric, and his mother was named Anna, natural from Braddenburg. Alfred has a brother, Kurt Wegener (1878-1964)which was a pioneers in the use of balloons in climatology (At least once, Kurt went to Greenland with Alfred). Alfred Wegener's wife was Else Koppe.
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he was the first to discovered the continental drift.
he had three girls
Alfred Wegener was trained as an astronomer and earned a PhD in that field in 1904. He moved into meteorology and climatology, became a record-holding balloonist and pioneered the use of weather balloons. He was also a geologist and proposed the theory of Continental Drift, but died more than 20 years before that theory received general acceptance in the scientific community.
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wegener's full name is "Alfred Lothar Wegener", and he is a German scientist who came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
Alfred Wegener's father, Richard Wegener, passed away when Alfred was just six years old. His mother, Anna Wegener, raised Alfred and his siblings as a widow.
The father of Alfred Wegener was Richard (Wegener), a cleric, and his mother was named Anna, natural from Braddenburg. Alfred has a brother, Kurt Wegener (1878-1964)which was a pioneers in the use of balloons in climatology (At least once, Kurt went to Greenland with Alfred). Alfred Wegener's wife was Else Koppe.
Alfred Wegener was born on November 1, 1880.
what year did Alfred Wegener graduate college in
Alfred Wegener was Born November 1, 1880.
Alfred Wegener was born on November 1, 1880.
Alfred Wegener married Else Koppe in 1912.
Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist who introduced the theory of continental drift.
Did you mean Plate Tectonics Theory? - Plate Tectonics Theory is the combination of Continental Drift and Ocean/Sea Floor Spreading. BTW. The scientist who started it is Howard Baker continued by Alfred Wegener.
Kurt Wegener was Alfred Wegener's brother. Kurt also had a career in science as a meteorologist and polar explorer.