Eduard suess and alfred wegener biography

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    • Eduard Suess

    Austrian geologist (1831–1914)

    Eduard Suess

    Eduard Suess, 1869

    Born(1831-08-20)20 August 1831

    London, England

    Died26 April 1914(1914-04-26) (aged 82)

    Vienna, Austria

    Resting placeMarz, Austria-Hungary
    47°43′6.991″N16°24′57.932″E / 47.71860861°N 16.41609222°E / 47.71860861; 16.41609222
    NationalityAustrian
    Alma materUniversity of Vienna
    Known forBiosphere, Gondwana, Tethys Ocean, Das Antlitz der Erde, eustatic theory, sima, sial
    SpouseHermine née Strauss
    Children5 sons, 1 daughter
    AwardsHayden Memorial Geological Award(1892)
    Wollaston Medal(1896)
    Copley Medal(1903)
    Scientific career
    FieldsPalaeogeography, tectonics
    Doctoral studentsMelchior Neumayr
    Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar
    Fuchs
    Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen
    Albrecht Penck

    Eduard Suess (German:[ˈeːduaʁtzyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist a