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Albert Hofmann

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Albert Hofmann

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Also known as Dr. Albert Hofmann

Swiss chemist (1906–2008)

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Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist and non-fiction writer born in Baden in 1906. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Zurich and worked for Novartis in Uster. His professional interests included chemistry and philosophy. He was a centenarian who spoke German and was affiliated with Weiningen.

Hofmann authored 25 works, including *Plants of the Gods* and *Physics of Synchrotron Radiation*. Other publications include *Der Verlust in 90-̊Rohrkrümmern mir gleichbleibendem Kreisquerschnitt* and *Kopplung zwischen Druck- und Temperaturamplituden in Wellen zweiten Schalls im flüssigen Helium*. He received the Scheele Award. He died of a myocardial infarction in Burg im Leimental in 2008.

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Works
25

Top works

  • Die gemeingefährlichen delikte nach reichsstrafgesetzbuch, nach den neuen strafgesetzentwürfen, insbesondere nach entwurf 1927. ...
  • Der Verlust in 90-̊Rohrkrümmern mir gleichbleibendem Kreisquerschnitt
  • Plants of the Gods
  • Physics of Synchrotron Radiation, the. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Volume 20
  • Kopplung zwischen Druck- und Temperaturamplituden in Wellen zweiten Schalls im flüssigen Helium

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Film & TV

Baden, Aargau, Switzerland

Known for

  • Take Your Pills — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Albert Hofmann - Wahrnehmungen — Self (archive footage)2011
  • LSD: Problem Child and Wonder Drug — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey — Self (archive footage)2008
  • Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD — Self2002
  • LSD: The Beyond Within — Self1986

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Albert
Family name
Hofmann
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Baden
Place of death
Burg im Leimental
Occupation
author
Educated at
University of Zurich
Employer
Novartis
Languages spoken
German
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Field of work
philosophy
Image
Albert Hofmann Oct 1993.jpg
Work location
Uster
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Commons category
Albert Hofmann
date of birth
1906-01-11
date of death
2008-04-29
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Albert Hofmann
name in native language
Albert Hofmann
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
subject has role
centenarian
different from
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Weiningen
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Encyclopedic overview

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. Hofmann discovered the structure of chitin in 1929. He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including LSD: Mein Sorgenkind (LSD: My Problem Child).

Early life and education

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