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  1. Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist.
  2. He proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, suggesting that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea.
  3. Wegener's theory was met with skepticism initially, but eventually led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics.
  4. He participated in several expeditions to Greenland to study polar air circulation and climate.
  5. Wegener died in 1930 during a Greenland expedition.
  6. He published his ideas in the book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans" in 1915.
  7. Wegener was not formally trained as a geologist.
  8. He was inspired by the matching Coastlines of South America and Africa to propose his theory.
  9. Wegener's theory faced criticism due to lack of a plausible mechanism for continental drift.
  10. He made important contributions to our understanding of Earth's history and the processes that shape its surface.
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