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Willard Libby
1908–1980 · United States · 20th century
Nobel Chemistry 1960
American chemist who invented carbon-14 dating, transforming how scientists measure the age of ancient materials.
Nobel Prize work
He developed radiocarbon dating, using the known decay rate of carbon-14 in once-living matter to determine ages up to about 50,000 years, revolutionising archaeology and geology.