Karl Foam
Ferdinand Karl Franz Schaum (born July 14, 1870 in Frankfurt am Main , † January 30, 1947 in Gießen ) was a German physical chemist.
Life
Schaum studied in Basel, Berlin, Leipzig and Marburg and received his doctorate in 1893 under Theodor Zincke at the University of Marburg . He then worked there as an assistant at the Chemical Institute. From 1894 to 1895 he studied physical chemistry with Wilhelm Ostwald at the University of Leipzig . He then qualified as a professor in Marburg in 1897 in physical chemistry on the subject of the types of isomerism - a critical study and in 1903 in experimental physics . From 1901 he worked as an assistant at the Marburg Physics Institute. From 1904 he worked as an associate professor for physical chemistry in Marburg. In 1908 he received a call to Leipzig, where he received an extraordinary professorship for photochemistry and scientific photography . In 1914 he became director of the Physico-Chemical Institute and professor for physical, theoretical and inorganic chemistry in Giessen. In 1935 he retired . Foam published numerous books and was co-editor of the concise dictionary of natural sciences , as well as together with Eugen Englisch , the journal for scientific photography, photophysics and photochemistry .
He was a member of the Marburg Society for the Advancement of All Natural Sciences. In Marburg he became a member of the Alemannia fraternity in 1889 .
Books
- Karl Schaum and Ernst Teichmann (eds.). Power and life in nature. Verlag der Dürr'schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1904
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus : German biographical encyclopedia. Volume 8, Munich and Leipzig, KG Saur, p. 778.
Web links
- Karl Schaum in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of Karl Schaum's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1908 to summer semester 1914)
- Schaum, Ferdinand Karl Franz. Hessian biography. (As of July 14, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Brief overview of the development of chemistry at the University of Marburg from 1609 to the present. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Ninth, improved and expanded edition. Chemistry Department at Philipps University, February 2020, p. 73 , accessed on March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Willy Nolte : Fraternity members regular role. Berlin 1934, p. 419.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foam, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaum, Ferdinand Karl Franz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1947 |
| Place of death | to water |