Albert HofmannBirth Chart
11/01/1906 15:00
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Baden
Switzerland
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Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for discoveries that shaped research on psychoactive substances in the twentieth century. Trained at the University of Zurich, he first made his mark by elucidating the structure of chitin and through work on glycosides from Scilla, and in 1929 joined the pharmaceutical department of Sandoz, where he led studies of active principles in plants and fungi. In 1938 he synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), but only became aware of its psychedelic effects in 1943, when he carried out the first deliberate ingestion of the substance—an event that became known as Bicycle Day. That discovery opened the way for psychiatric and therapeutic research that influenced experimental use of the compound in psychotherapy. Hofmann also isolated and synthesized the major psychoactive alkaloids from mushrooms (psilocybin and psilocin) and investigated other traditional plants, such as ololiuqui and species of Turbina. Author of more than a hundred scientific articles and several books, including memoirs about LSD, he advocated a view that valued the potential mystical experiences these substances could provide. His legacy endures both in the chemistry of natural products and in debates over medical and cultural uses of psychedelics, combining laboratory rigor with an interest in the subjective dimension of the experiences he studied.
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