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. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960, announced November 3, 1960. Willard F. Libby, “for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science”. Willard F. Libby: born 1908, Grand Valley, CO, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).