Willard Libby

Willard Libby (17 December 1908 – 8 September 1980) developed radiocarbon dating in the late 1940s, the laboratory method later used on organic samples from archaeological sites. He is not recorded here as the excavator of any monument.

Born: 1908
Birthplace: Grand Valley, Colorado
Died: 1980
Place of death: Los Angeles
Origin: Grand Valley, Colorado
Context: Radiocarbon dating

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