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gptkb:person
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gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Toronto
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Order_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkb:Logan_Medal
gptkb:Vetlesen_Prize
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1908-10-24
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1993-04-15
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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geology
geophysics
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:John_Tuzo_Wilson
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gptkbp:influenced
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plate tectonics theory
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Alfred_Wegener
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plate tectonics
hotspot theory
transform faults
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Canada
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gptkb:Canadian
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:geologist
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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Evidence from ocean islands suggesting movement in the Earth (1963)
A New Class of Faults and their Bearing on Continental Drift (1965)
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gptkb:Mount_Pleasant_Cemetery,_Toronto
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gptkb:Isabel_Wilson
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gptkb:President_of_the_American_Geophysical_Union
gptkb:Celal_Şengör
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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J. Tuzo Wilson
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