Alexander du Toit

Alexander Logie du Toit
Born14 March 1878 (1878-03-14)
Newlands, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died25 February 1948(1948-02-25) (aged 69)
Alma mater
AwardsMurchison Medal (1933)
Scientific career
FieldsGeologist
InstitutionsGeological Commission of the Cape of Good Hope
De Beers Consolidated Mines

Alexander Logie du Toit FRS[1] (/duːˈtɔɪ/ doo-TOY; 14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948) was a geologist from South Africa and an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.[2]

  1. ^ Haughton, S. H. (1949). "Alexander Logie du Toit. 1878-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (18): 385–395. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0004. JSTOR 768931. S2CID 178877367.
  2. ^ Hancock, Paul L.; Skinner, Brian J.; Dineley, David L. (2000), The Oxford Companion to The Earth, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-854039-6