Hi DW!
Well I know he was considered an excellent research scholar by his peers, but I didn't look up all that sort of information. Some times I do, but if it reflects my own experience I think I often don't bother.
Wish I could remember his name so you could look up the information.
I just know that for me - I consider myself an alcoholic, I couldn't bear the world the way it is, and drinking seemed to make me able to be in the world in a way more consistent with social norms.
Thus reading it confirmed something that my heart knew from my own experience.
Basically you can treat this as "anecdotal"
I love your questions cause they are so perfect for evaluating the scientific accuracy of things!