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Harry Hess

Geologist

An American geologist and Navy officer whose 1962 theory of seafloor spreading gave continental drift the physical mechanism it had lacked for half a century, turning Alfred Wegener's rejected idea into the accepted foundation of plate tectonics. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1906-05-24 1
Birth Year
1906 1
Death Date
1969-08-25 1
Death Year
1969 1
Birthplace
New York City, New York, United States 1
Death Place
Woods Hole 2
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Proposed seafloor spreading in his 1962 report History of Ocean Basins: that the Earth's crust moves laterally away from long, volcanically active oceanic ridges. The idea supplied the mechanism continental drift had always lacked and sparked what is often called a revolution in the earth sciences. 1
Notable Work
History of Ocean Basins (1962) 1
Connections

Anticipated By

Wegener's rejected continental drift is the idea Hess's seafloor spreading gave a mechanism to, decades later.

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Geology, Disciplines
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Nationality

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Source Wikidata: Harry Hess

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1. Harry Hess (Wikipedia)
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was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics.
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2. Harry Hess (Wikidata)
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Woods Hole
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of United States
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in New York City
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Wikidata: Harry Hess
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