# Karl Schaum

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{{Short description|German chemist (1870–1947)}}
'''Ferdinand Karl Franz Schaum''' (14 July 1870, [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main) – 30 January 1947, [Gießen](/source/Gie%C3%9Fen)) was a German [chemist](/source/chemist) who specialized in the field of [photochemistry](/source/photochemistry).

He studied mathematics and sciences at the Universities of [Basel](/source/University_of_Basel), [Berlin](/source/University_of_Berlin), [Leipzig](/source/University_of_Leipzig) and [Marburg](/source/University_of_Marburg), earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1893. Afterwards, he served as an assistant to [Theodor Zincke](/source/Theodor_Zincke) at Marburg and to [Wilhelm Ostwald](/source/Wilhelm_Ostwald) in Leipzig. In 1897 he obtained his habilitation at Marburg with a thesis on types of [isometry](/source/isometry).<ref name=LE>[http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Schaum_970/ Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig] Biographical sketch</ref>

In 1904 he became an associate professor of [physical chemistry](/source/physical_chemistry) at the University of Marburg, where he was an important influence towards the career of chemist [Max Volmer](/source/Max_Volmer).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=W3KcivtH6rwC&dq=%22Karl+Schaum%22+chemist&pg=PA195 Google Books] "The Shoulders on which We Stand"</ref> In 1908 he relocated to the University of Leipzig as an associate professor of photochemistry and scientific [photography](/source/photography). From 1914 to 1935 he worked as a full professor of physical chemistry at the [University of Giessen](/source/University_of_Giessen).<ref name=LE/>

Schaum was a member of the ''Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der gesamten Naturwissenschaften Marburg''.<ref name=LE/>

== Published works ==
With [zoologist](/source/zoologist) [Eugen Korschelt](/source/Eugen_Korschelt) and others, he was co-author of the multi-volume "''Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften''". Also, he was editor of the journal "''Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie, Photophysik und Photochemie''". The following are a few of his principal works:
* ''Die Arten der Isometrie. Eine kritische Studie'', 1897 - Types of isometry, a critical study.
* ''Kraft und Leben in der Natur : Lesestücke aus dem Gebiete der Physik und der Chemie, der Botanik und der Zoologie'', 1904 - Vitality in nature, Literature in the fields of physics, chemistry, [botany](/source/botany) and zoology.
* ''Photochemie und Photographie'', 1908 - Photochemistry and photography.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2010-68273 WorldCat Identities] publications</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Karl Schaum}}

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