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Wegener

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A surname, most notably borne by Alfred Wegener, the German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.

"Wegener's theory was largely dismissed in his lifetime but later confirmed by plate tectonics."

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In plain EnglishA German surname, best known from the geophysicist Alfred Wegener.

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_____'s theory was largely dismissed in his lifetime but later confirmed by plate tectonics.

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