Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
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Swiss chemist who accidentally discovered LSD's psychedelic properties in 1938 and became the accidental godfather of the psychedelic era. Also isolated psilocybin and mapped chitin's structure—a resume that spans the mundane and the mind-bending.
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Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Hofmann discovered the structure of chitin in 1929. He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including LSD: Mein Sorgenkind.
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