Robert Schiff (chemist)
Robert Schiff (born July 25, 1854 in Frankfurt am Main ; died 1940 in Massa , Italy ) was a German-Italian chemist.
He was the son of the physiologist Moritz Schiff and Claudia Trier.
He studied at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1876. He then went to La Sapienza University in Rome as an assistant to Stanislao Cannizzaro . In 1879 he was appointed to the chair of chemistry at the University of Modena . In 1892 he moved to Pisa .
He researched the condensation of aldehydes and heterocycles . He also carried out investigations into Schiff's bases that his uncle Hugo Schiff had discovered.
His publications appeared in the Gazzetta Chimica Italiana , in the Chemical Reports , in Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie and in the Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie .
Individual evidence
- ^ Jewish History
- ^ The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 11
- ^ Schiff, Robert in Enciclopedia Treccani
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SURNAME | Ship, robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Italian chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1854 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | 1940 |
Place of death | Massa , Italy |