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Arthur Holmes

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Profession
Geologist
Died
Sep 20, 1965
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
England
About
Geologist whose discoveries eventually led to the scientific community's acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics. He is credited with being the first of his peers to grasp the concept of mantle convection and pioneered the practice of radiometric dating.
Family
He married geologist Doris Reynolds after his first wife died in 1938.

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