Willard Libby

American physical chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1908 to 1980 · aged 71

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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1980Died8 September 19801970American Institute of Chemists Gold MedalAward1961Arthur L. Day MedalAwardGolden Plate AwardAward1960Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1959Albert Einstein AwardAward1958Willard Gibbs AwardAward1957Elliott Cresson MedalAward1956Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryAward1955Remsen AwardAward1941Guggenheim FellowshipAward1908Born17 December 1908

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