Albert Hofmann (11 January 1906 – 29 April 2008) was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects ...
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Jan 7, 2025 · Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which he first synthesized in 1938 by isolating compounds found in ergot.
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist
Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide. Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom... Wikipedia
Born: January 11, 1906, Baden, Switzerland
Died: April 29, 2008 (age 102 years), Burg im Leimental, Switzerland
Spouse: Anita Hofmann (m. ?–2007)
Nationality: Swiss
Parents: Adolf Hofmann and Elisabeth Hofmann
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Apr 19, 2018 · Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann created LSD in 1936 – but it wasn't until 1943 that he first dosed himself and went on a magical bicycle ride.
Apr 30, 2008 · Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the world LSD, the most powerful psychotropic substance known, died Tuesday at his hilltop home near Basel, ...
Apr 30, 2008 · Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at the age of 102, just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his notorious ...
Jul 13, 2020 · This Swiss city is where Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, which transformed popular culture as well as psychology ...
Dr. Albert Hofmann translated from the original German (LSD Ganz Persönlich) by J. Ott. One often asks oneself what roles planning and chance play in the ...
Jun 28, 2008 · Chemist and father of LSD. Born in Baden, Switzerland, on Jan 11, 1906, he died in Basel, Switzerland, after a heart attack on April 29, ...
Nov 24, 2009 · Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938.
Biography. Albert Hofmann was born on January 11, 1906 in Baden, Switzerland. He began studying science at the University of Zurich when he was twenty years old ...