Willard Libby
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 44 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 17,1908 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Grand Valley |
| Colorado | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 8,1980 |
| Died | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Books | Radiocarbon Dating |
| Job | Chemist |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Analy High School | |
| Princeton University | |
| West County High School | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Willard Gibbs Award | |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| Albert Einstein Award | |
| Arthur L. Day Medal | |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
| Joseph Priestley Award | |
| Spouse | Leona Woods |
| Known for | Radiocarbon dating |
| Field | Radioactivity |
| Thesi | samarium and neodymium |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 547247 |
Willard Libby Life story
Willard Frank Libby was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions to the team that developed this process, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960.
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