In 1946, Willard Libby proposed an innovative method for dating organic materials by measuring their content of carbon-14, a newly discovered radioactive isotope of carbon. Known as radiocarbon dating, this method provides objective age estimates for carbon-based objects that originated from living organisms.

Who founded carbon 40 dating?

Willard Libby History. C. At some time during World War II, Willard Libby, who was then at Berkeley, learned of Korffs research and conceived the idea that it might be possible to use radiocarbon for dating.