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'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 wife was Else Wegener. They married in 1912.
Alfred Wegener's daughters were named Else and Lotte.
Else Koppe was Alfred Wegener's wife. She was a meteorologist and accompanied Wegener on some of his expeditions to Greenland. They were married in 1912 and had a daughter together. Else supported Wegener in his research and work on continental drift theory.
Alfred's super-continent is call Pangaea meaning 'all lands' in Greek!
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Alfred Wegener
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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 died in November 1930. Harry Hess was born on May 24th, 1906. That would mean that Harry was 24 when Wegener died.
November 2 or 3, 1930
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 married Else Koppe in 1912.
Alfred Wegener was Born November 1, 1880.