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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. In the course of work funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , [5] Wasson made contributions to the fields of ethnobotany , botany , and anthropology .
In addition to being a legendary mushroom expert, Robert Gordon Wasson was an author and Vice President for Public Relations at JP Morgan & Company. 1 He studied at the Columbia School of Journalism and then the London School of Economics after receiving the first Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship.
- September 22, 1898
- December 23, 1986
Dec 26, 1986 · R. Gordon Wasson, a former banker who wrote scholarly books about cults involving hallucinogenic mushrooms, died Tuesday at the home of his daughter in Binghamton, N.Y. He was 88 years old.
Jul 13, 2021 · R. Gordon Wasson was a vice president at J.P. Morgan who wrote about the culture and history of hallucinogenic mushrooms in the 1950s. He coined the term "mycophile" and argued for a global, prehistoric mushroom cult.
May 11, 2020 · In 1957, a man from New York named R. Gordon Wasson published an article in Life about two trips he had taken, three decades apart. The first was to the Catskills, in New York, where his wife,...
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Nov 12, 2021 · Today, R. Gordon Wasson is credited with, among other contributions to American mycology, coining the term “magic mushrooms” to describe the varieties of fungi that can induce hallucinogenic...
Learn about R Gordon Wasson, who studied the role of psychedelic mushrooms in society and culture, and his wife Valentina Pavlovna, who shared his adventures. Explore their books, articles and archives at Harvard University.
