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Eduard Suess

Austrian geologist

Died when: 82 years 249 days (992 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess (German: ['e?dua?t zy?s]; 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.


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