| Willard F. Libby  AKA Willard Frank Libby
Born: 17-Dec-1908
Birthplace: Grand Valley, CO
Died: 8-Sep-1980
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Carbon-14 dating technique Father: Ora Edward Libby
Mother: Eva May Rivers
Wife: Leonor Hickey (two daughters)
Daughter: Janet (twin, b. 1945)
Daughter: Susan (twin, b. 1945)
University: BS, University of California at Berkeley (1931)
University: PhD, University of California at Berkeley (1933)
Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1933-45)
Scholar: Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago (1945-59)
Professor: Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles (1959-76)
Manhattan Project (1941-45)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1960
Guggenheim Fellowship 1941
Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity 1941
Author of books:
Radiocarbon Dating (1952)
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