Felix Zymalkowski
Felix Zymalkowski (born August 13, 1913 in Berlin-Grünau ; † August 17, 2004 in Bonn ) was a speedboat commander in World War II and professor of pharmaceutical chemistry .
Life
In April 1934, he joined the Imperial Navy ( Crew 1934 ) and in 1945 was head of the 8th speedboat from late 1942 to May flotilla . In addition to the Finnish IVth Class Freedom Cross , Zymalkowski received the German Cross in Gold on December 27, 1943 and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 10, 1945 . His last rank in the Navy was that of a corvette captain .
Zymalkowski was a student of Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund in Kiel . In 1955 he received his habilitation . From 1959 to 1963 he was Karl Kindler's successor at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Hamburg . When he was called to Bonn in 1963, a number of his employees followed him, some of whom he had already brought with him from Kiel. Zymalkowski's successor was Gerhard Rücker from Münster in 1979.
In 1972 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts (selection)
- as an author
- Knowing about phenol lactones. Dissertation, University of Kiel 1948, DNB 481728252 .
- About the preparation of quinolyl carbinols and their conversion into deoxy bases. Habilitation thesis, University of Kiel 1955, DNB 480602662 .
- The quantitative determination of alkaloids in drugs and drug preparations. (The chemical analysis; Vol. 47). Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1960 (together with Otto Erich Schultz), DNB 454511515 .
- Catalytic hydrogenation in the organic chemical laboratory. (Collection of chemical and chemical-technical articles / NF; Vol. 61). Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 455851441 .
- as editor
- CN connections. (Methodicum chimicum; Vol. 6). Thieme, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-13-480601-0 .
literature
- James F. Tent : E-Boat alert. Defending the Normandy invasion fleet. Naval Institute Press, Anapolis, Md. 1996, ISBN 1-55750-805-4 .
Web links
- University of Hamburg: Publications Felix Zymalkowski
- deutsche-marinesoldaten.de: Korvettenkapitän Felix Zymalkowski ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Second-weltkrieg-lexikon.de: Schnellboats in use 1939-45 ( Memento from April 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Vita at marineoffiziere-crew-34.de ( Memento from July 21, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data from Felix Zymalkowski in: Who is Who - The German Who's Who 2000/2001 . 39th edition, Schmidt-Römhild, Verlagsgruppe Beleke, Lübeck 2000, p. 1585, ISBN 978-3-7950-2029-3 .
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 810.
- ↑ Harald G. Schweim: 30 years of pharmacy on the federal road. In: harald-schweim.de. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ University of Bonn: History - Department of Pharmacy .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zymalkowski, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military, speedboat commander and professor of pharmaceutical chemistry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Grünau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Bonn |