FAMOUS GEOLOGISTS/Du Toit 193 Figure Arrangement of continents and areas of glaciation in the Late Carboniferous, according to du Toit (1937: 76) Figure Structural analogies between North America and Europe, according to du Toit (1937: 145) Retirement and Honours, 1941–1948 Figure Evolution of the Atlantic Arctic rift, according to du Toit (1937: 222) After retiring from De Beers, Alexander and Evelyn returned to Cape Town, where du Toit embarked on a frenzied round of activity, as his diaries for 1945 and 1946 reveal He corresponded with friends and colleagues in South Africa and other countries, made social calls, and undertook short visits to the countryside He continued writing scientific papers and assisted aspiring authors His final diary entry (31 December 1946) contained a vague but ominous reference to a medical problem that was to carry him away on 25 February 1948