Keith Runcorn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Keith Runcorn

geophysicist

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Southport, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1995

Profession: physicist, geologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

(Stanley) Keith Runcorn (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.