Robert Schiff (July 25, 1854 in Free City of Frankfurt – 1940 in Massa, Italy) was a Free City of Frankfurt-born, Italian chemist.
He was the son of physiologist Moritz Schiff and Claudia Trier.
He then became an assistant to Stanislao Cannizzaro at Sapienza University of Rome, and in 1879 was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Modena.
[2] He conducted studies on the condensation of aldehydes with ammonia as well as research of heterocyclic compounds.
[3] He published scientific articles in the Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, in the Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, in Justus Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie, in Accademia dei Lincei and in the Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie.