Willard F. Libby

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human physical chemist university teacher

Willard F. Libby was an American physical chemist best known for developing the radiocarbon dating method, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → chemist → human → physical chemist → university teacher →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
awardReceived	Elliott Cresson Medal → John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Willard Gibbs Award →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1908-12-17 →
dateOfDeath	1980-09-08 →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley →
employer	Columbia University → University of California, Berkeley → University of California, Los Angeles → University of Chicago →
familyName	Libby →
fieldOfWork	archaeometry → physical chemistry → radiochemistry →
givenName	Willard →
hasCitizenship	American →
knownFor	carbon-14 dating → radiocarbon dating →
memberOf	American Chemical Society → National Academy of Sciences → United States Atomic Energy Commission →
nativeLanguage	English →
NobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
NobelPrizeYear	1960 →
nominatedBy	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences →
notableWork	development of radiocarbon dating method → measurement of carbon-14 in the atmosphere →
placeOfBirth	Grand Valley, Colorado, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America →
positionHeld	member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission → professor of chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles → professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elisabeth Libby → Leona Woods →
workLocation	Berkeley, California, United States of America → Chicago, Illinois, United States of America → Los Angeles, California, United States of America →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Met Lab →	employed
Priestley Medal →	hasRecipient