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J Tuzo Wilson
Publications
- Some of his major publications were One Chinese Moon(1959), IGY: Year of the New Moons(1961), A Revolution in Earth Science(1967), and Continents Adrift and Continents Aground(1977).
After the War
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- After the war Wilson became a professor in geophysics at the University of Toronto, where he stayed until 1974.
- In 1974 he became the director general of the Ontario Science Centre.
basic info.
- Born Oct. 24, 1908 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Died April 15, 1993, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Early Life
- In 1930 he was the first person to graduate from a Canadian university with a degree in geophysical studies at Trinity college, University of Toronto.
- He then studied at St. John's college, Cambridge, Princeton, and Cambridge again.
- He also served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during WW2, even reaching the rank of colonel.
Success in Science
- During his career he established global faults and the structure of the continents.
- His work had important impacts on the theories of continental drift, seafloor spreading and convection currents with in the Earth.
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