Who found the Theory of Tectonic Plates?

Question

Who found the Theory of Tectonic Plates?

Answer 1

in the early 1900s two scientists, the American F.B. Taylor and the German Alfred Wegener, put forward a theory called Continental Drift.

they pointed out similarities between the shapes of the continents on opposite sides of the Atlantic and suggested that North America had once been joined to Europe and South America to Africa. but somehow they had broken apart and drifted to their present positions.

similar rocks, rock structures and fossils were found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. one fossil plant, called glossopteris flourished in the Carboniferous and Permian periods.

fossils of this plant were found in India and in all southern continents. but glossopteris had heavy seeds which winds could not have blown far. how then did this plant spread around these widely separated areas?

Answer 2

I know that Alfred Wegner discovered continental dirft and I read that Harry Hess Developed Plate tectonics  check the website below