CHEMIST

Alexander Shulgin

1925 - 2014

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Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored the organic chemistry and pharmacology of such agents—in his mid-life and later, many through preparation in his home laboratory, and testing on himself. He is acknowledged to have introduced to broader use, in the late 1970s, the prior synthesized compound, MDMA ("ecstasy") in research psychopharmacology and in combination with conventional therapy, the latter through presentations and academic publications, including to psychologists; and for the rediscovery, occasional discovery, and regular synthesis and personal use and distribution, possibly of hundreds of psychoactive compounds (for their psychedelic and MDMA-like empathogenic bioactivities). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Shulgin has received more than 1,828,549 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alexander Shulgin is the 310th most popular chemist (down from 276th in 2019), the 2,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,942nd in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alexander Shulgin ranks 310 out of 602. Before him are Kristian Birkeland, Rudolph A. Marcus, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Yuan T. Lee, and Thomas Cech. After him are J. D. Bernal, Alice Ball, William Prout, Torbern Bergman, Frederick Abel, and William E. Moerner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alexander Shulgin ranks 120. Before him are Warren Christopher, Masanori Tokita, Max Morlock, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Farley Granger, and Jenő Buzánszky. After him are Antoine Gizenga, Lino Lacedelli, Arnaldo Forlani, Serge Moscovici, Alberto Grimaldi, and Brian Aldiss. Among people deceased in 2014, Alexander Shulgin ranks 99. Before him are Jack Bruce, Mango, Valeri Kubasov, Yitzhak Hofi, Richard Bull, and Robert Hansen. After him are Björn Waldegård, Mário Coluna, Johnny Winter, Huber Matos, Ramón José Velásquez, and Leo Tindemans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Shulgin ranks 2,144 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Hansen (1939), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lance Reddick (1962), Thomas Eakins (1844), James J. Braddock (1905), and Henry J. Heinz (1844). After him are John O'Keefe (1939), Jackie Jackson (1951), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Allen Newell (1927), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Beau Bridges (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Alexander Shulgin ranks 64. Before him are Martin Rodbell (1925), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), Richard R. Schrock (1945), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), and Thomas Cech (1947). After him are Alice Ball (1892), William E. Moerner (1953), Louis E. Brus (1943), Frances Arnold (1956), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), and Roderick MacKinnon (1956).

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