--- title: "3 Alfred Wegener Quotes - Famous Meteorologist (The origin of continents)" description: "Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher. Browse 3 Alfred Wegener quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-wegener-11366.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alfred Wegener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-wegener-11366.jpg) # Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) Meteorologist **3** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist, best known for *The origin of continents*. ## Quick Facts About Alfred Wegener Born November 1, 1880 Died October 31, 1930 Profession Meteorologist Notable works The origin of continents ## About Alfred Wegener Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher. ## Quotes by Alfred Wegener > [It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge, that totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-wegener/it-is-a-strange-fact-characteristic-of-the-incomplete-state-of-our/) [Alfred Wegener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-wegener/) [Characteristics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characteristics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alfred-wegener-76055_characteristics_it-is-a-strange-fact-characteristic-of-t_394752.jpg) > [We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-wegener/we-are-like-a-judge-confronted-by-a-defendant-who-declines-to-answer/) [Alfred Wegener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-wegener/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/alfred-wegener-76055_answers_we-are-like-a-judge-confronted-by-a-defe_587055.jpg) > [“Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-wegener/scientists-still-do-not-appear-to-understand-sufficiently-that-all/) [Alfred Wegener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-wegener/) [Discovery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/alfred-wegener-76055_discovery_scientists-still-do-not-appear-to-unders_895165.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-wegener/#itemlist", "name": "Alfred Wegener Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge, that totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric conditions on Earth, depending on whether the problem is approached from the biological or the geophysical viewpoint.", 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