# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willard-libby
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:59:51.808Z

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name: "Willard Libby"
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description: "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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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump