Who discovered the continental drift?

This discovery is credited to the German geologist Alfred Wegener. He not only discovered that the coastline of South America fits very well against that of Africa but also showed that the fossils in both the coastal regions are Similar. He also proposed another idea: about 300 million years ago there must have been a single, continuous landmass that somehow broke up and gave rise to several parts—the tectonic plates. The continents on these plates drifted away from one another and then rejoined the way they are today. Thus, landmasses were displaced, and their position is changing even today.  The tectonic plates are still moving at a speed of around 6 cm per year.