Robert Schiff (July 25, 1854 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 1940 in

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, Italy) was a German-born, Italian chemist. He was the son of physiologist Moritz Schiff and Claudia Trier. He successively was a student at the University of Heidelberg, then at the University of Zürich, where he obtained a doctorate in 1876. He then became an assistant to Stanislao Cannizzaro at Sapienza University of Rome, and in 1879 was appointed professor of chemistry at the

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edited by Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler He conducted studies on the condensation of aldehydes with ammonia as well as research of heterocyclic compounds. He was also interested in Schiff bases, described by his uncle

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Enciclopedia Treccani He published scientific articles in the '' Gazzetta Chimica Italiana'', in the '' Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft'', in Justus Liebig’s ''

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1854 births 1940 deaths 19th-century Italian chemists Scientists from Frankfurt 19th-century German chemists Heidelberg University alumni University of Zurich alumni Academic staff of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Academic staff of the University of Pisa German emigrants to Italy 20th-century Italian chemists {{germany-chemist-stub