Albert Hofmann

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Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist best known for discovering the psychedelic properties of LSD and pioneering research into its effects on the human mind.

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instanceOf Swiss person
chemist
human
academicDegree doctorate in chemistry
authorOf Insight/Outlook NERFINISHED
LSD: My Problem Child NERFINISHED
The Road to Eleusis (co-author) NERFINISHED
awardReceived Honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich
Honorary doctorate from University of Bern
believed LSD could be a tool for psychiatry and spirituality NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1906-01-11
dateOfDeath 2008-04-29
discovered LSD NERFINISHED
psychedelic effects of LSD
doctoralAdvisor Paul Karrer NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Zürich NERFINISHED
employer Sandoz Laboratories NERFINISHED
familyName Hofmann NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
pharmacology
psychedelic research
givenName Albert NERFINISHED
influenced counterculture of the 1960s
psychedelic therapy movement
isolated psilocin
psilocybin
knownFor discovering psychedelic properties of LSD
research on hallucinogenic substances
self-experimentation with LSD
languageSpoken German
lifespan 1906-2008
livedIn Burg im Leimental, Switzerland NERFINISHED
memberOf Swiss Chemical Society NERFINISHED
nickname father of LSD
notableEvent first intentional LSD self-experiment on 1943-04-19
notableWork discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25)
numberOfChildren 3
placeOfBirth Baden, Aargau, Switzerland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Burg im Leimental, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland NERFINISHED
religionOrWorldview mystical Christian-influenced worldview
spouse Anita Hofmann NERFINISHED
studied ergot alkaloids
psilocybin-containing mushrooms
viewOnLSD advocated careful, supervised use of LSD
workLocation Basel, Switzerland NERFINISHED

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LSD wasFirstSynthesizedBy Albert Hofmann