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Oscar Eckenstein and the Richard Burton Collection

This Thursday marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the mountaineer, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 8th April 1921). Portrait of Oscar Eckenstein held in the Society’s collections…

10 September 2021

anniversary, Archives, book launch, Collections, Oscar Eckenstein, Richard Burton, Uzbekistan
Oscar Eckenstein and Richard Burton

The majority of the Richard Burton Collection, now held by the Royal Asiatic Society, once belonged to Oscar Eckenstein. These were donated by Lewis C. Loyd in 1939, 18 years after Eckenstein’s…

29 July 2016

Archives, Richard Burton