Do we have examples where a paradigm shift in a field came from the core members / inner circle of the field itself?
Semelweis' Germ theory came from an "assistant" doctor at a hospital in Vienna. The field rejected his findings (and the implication that they were at fault) so strongly that his mental health broke down and he died in an asylum at 47. explorable.com/semmelweis-ger… 
Plate tectonics took 45 years to be properly accepted, being highly contentious much of the time in between 1915 and 1960 - visionlearning.com/en/library/Ear…
Seems Einstein had a pretty straightforward path to the top of his field after his mirracle year in 1905. His stature grew steadily until 1919 when his predictions about the orbit of Mercury were confirmed and by 1922 he was a world-famous nobelist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ei…
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