R. Gordon Wasson

Robert Gordon Wasson
Wasson in 1955
Born(1898-09-22)September 22, 1898
DiedDecember 26, 1986(1986-12-26) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism
London School of Economics
AwardsPulitzer Travelling Scholarship
Scientific career
FieldsEthnomycology

Robert Gordon Wasson (September 22, 1898 – December 23, 1986) was an American author, ethnomycologist, and a Vice President for Public Relations at J.P. Morgan & Co.[1][2][3][4]

In the course of work funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),[5] Wasson made contributions to the fields of ethnobotany, botany, and anthropology.

  1. ^ Staff writer. "Mushroom Madness." TIME Magazine (June 16, 1958). Archived from the original.
  2. ^ Tarinas, Joaquim. "Robert Gordon Wasson: Seeking the Magic Mushroom." Imaginaria.org.
  3. ^ Biographyin Tina & R. Gordon Wasson Ethnomycological Collection Archives at Harvard University Herbaria. Archived from the original. Archived 2009-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jacobs, Travis Beal. Eisenhower at Columbia. Preface by Eli Ginzberg. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2001). pp. 99-100. ISBN 978-0765800367.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference subproject58 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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