Ferdinand Karl Franz Schaum (14 July 1870, Frankfurt am Main – 30 January 1947, Gießen) was a German chemist who specialized in the field of photochemistry.
He studied mathematics and sciences at the Universities of Basel, Berlin, Leipzig and Marburg, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1893.
[1] In 1904 he became an associate professor of physical chemistry at the University of Marburg, where he was an important influence towards the career of chemist Max Volmer.
[1] Schaum was a member of the Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der gesamten Naturwissenschaften Marburg.
Also, he was editor of the journal "Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie, Photophysik und Photochemie".