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2 days ago · Albert Hofmann (born Jan. 11, 1906, Baden, Switz.—died April 29, 2008, Burg, Switz.) Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide ( LSD ), which he first synthesized in 1938 by isolating compounds found in ergot ( Claviceps purpurea ), a fungus affecting rye. Ergot, the main source of LSD, attacks rye and can ...
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 of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin . [1]
- Anita Hofmann (died 2007)
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Apr 30, 2008 · Dr. Hofmann was born in Baden, a spa town in northern Switzerland, on Jan. 11, 1906, the eldest of four children. His father, who had no higher education, was a toolmaker in a local factory, and ...
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 bicycle trip while tripping on "acid". Hofmann, who ...
May 1, 2008 · Thu 1 May 2008 04.21 EDT. Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist who died aged 102 on Tuesday, leaves a legacy that went far beyond his relatively narrow scientific interest in the medicinal uses of ...
A Brief Biography of J.M.F. Heinrich Hofmann. by Angela Swanson Jones. Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann was born in Darmstadt, Germany to parents who always encouraged his enthusiasm for art. His mother tutored all of her five sons in drawing, but it was Heinrich who showed the greatest talent and consequently “He always declared he ...
Jun 16, 2020 · Hofmann’s wildly varied paintings point the way toward a large swath of the most exciting contemporary abstraction. He was a gallant experimenter, refusing to settle on a single style for long.
