November 2 or 3, 1930
lhe died
November 1930
Alfred Wegener
50 and a few days when he died
didn't have one left him where he died
Alfred Wegener died in November 1930. Harry Hess was born on May 24th, 1906. That would mean that Harry was 24 when Wegener died.
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.
Harry Hess was born on May 24th, 1906. Alfred Wegener died sometime in November of 1930. That would mean that Harry Hess was about 24 years old when Wegener died.
Alfred Wegener died during a scientific expedition to Greenland in 1930. He likely died of a heart attack while out in the field. His death was a tragic loss to the scientific community, as he was a pioneer in the development of the theory of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener married Else Koppe in 1912.