Schauman attended the University of Helsinki, where he was vice chairman of the Prometheus Society for the promotion of freedom of religion.

He also published and provided an introduction to the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland's edition of Pehr Kalm's En Resa til Norra America.

Schauman's works include Biographical Studies on Anders Chydenius (Biografiska undersökningar om Anders Chydenius, 1908; published by the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland),[4] Studies in the National Economic Literature of the Age of Liberty.

Idéer och strömningar 1718-1760, academic thesis, 1910) and On the Management of Public Research Libraries (Om förvaltningen af offentliga forskarbibliotek, 1913).

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