R. Gordon Wasson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf author
banker
ethnomycologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Aztec_Eagle
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-09-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Great_Falls,_Montana,_USA
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Richard_Evans_Schultes
Roger Heim
Valentina Pavlovna Wasson
gptkbp:deathDate 1986-12-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Danbury,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:featuresInterviewWith gptkb:María_Sabina
gptkbp:field banking
mycology
ethnomycology
gptkbp:firstToDescribe Psilocybe mexicana to Western science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R. Gordon Wasson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Albert_Hofmann
gptkb:Terence_McKenna
gptkbp:knownFor popularizing the term 'magic mushroom'
research on Mazatec mushroom rituals
studies on psychoactive mushrooms
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Mushrooms, Russia and History
Seeking the Magic Mushroom
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
gptkbp:occupation vice president at J.P. Morgan & Co.
gptkbp:publishedArticle Seeking the Magic Mushroom (1957)
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Life_magazine
gptkbp:spouse Valentina Pavlovna Wasson
gptkbp:subjectOf biographical studies in ethnomycology
documentaries on psychedelic research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Psilocybe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6