Albert Hofmann
Born January 11, 1906 d. 2008
Swiss chemist, co-discoverer of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide, 1938). He experienced the first acid trip in 1943 when he accidentally rubbed against some LSD and experienced "…an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors." He would give himself an intentional dose several days later and experience the first bad acid trip.