(n)French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935), Syn.Alfred Dreyfus
(n)German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887), Syn.Alfred Krupp
(n)Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896), Syn.Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Alfred Nobel
(n)United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914), Syn.James Alfred Van Allen
[魏格纳 / 魏格納, Wèi gé nà, ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄋㄚˋ]Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of continental drift#158682[Add to Longdo]
[韦格纳 / 韋格納, Wéi gé nà, ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄋㄚˋ]Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of continental drift; also written 魏格納|魏格纳#243464[Add to Longdo]