Background
Eckenstein's father was a Jewish socialist from Bonn who had fled Germany following the failed revolution of 1848. His mother was English.
His sisters were Lina Dorina Johanna Eckenstein, the famous feminist it:Lina Eckenstein and Amelia, who was to marry Dr Cyrax.
He was a railway engineer, and worked for the International Railway Congress Association founded in Brussels in 1885. He was an early and active member of the National Liberal Club. Interested in the life of explorer Richard Burton, he collected an extensive collection of documents about his life, which he donated to the Royal Asiatic Society before his death.
In 1918 O.E. married Margery Edwards. There were no children.
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