Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess (German: [ˈeːduaʁt zyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and the Tethys Ocean.
Eduard Suess
20 August 1831
26 April 1914 (aged 82)
Austrian
Biosphere, Gondwana, Tethys Ocean, Das Antlitz der Erde, Eustatic Theory, Sima, sial
Hermine née Strauss
5 sons, 1 daughter
Hayden Memorial Geological Award (1892)
Wollaston Medal (1896)
Copley Medal (1903)