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Name: LOEWENSTEIN, Ernst (Dr.)
Nee: often spelt Ernest Lowenstein. Twin of Max Loewenstein
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1900 Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep. (Carlsbad)
Death Date: 11 July 1986 Wandsworth, London
First Date: 1923
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Director of Old East African Trading Co. Ltd.
Area: Mombasa, Nairobi
Married: 27 Dec 1928 Ruth Elizabeth Markus b. 8 Dec 1908 Tanga, d. 5 Apr 1970 Weybridge, Surrey
Children: Eve Agnes (Pollecoff) (25.5.1930 Mombasa-3 Dec 2021 London)
Book Reference: EAWL, Red 31
War Service: Hon. Consul for Czechoslavakia 1938. Retired after the Communist Putsch in 1948
School: Doctor of Science, Prague University.
General Information:
Lecturer in Astronomy at Prague University. Source: Mrs E. Pollecoff
One of the founder members of Nairobi's multi-racial Chess Club in the 1940's.
Hon. Consul for Czechoslovakia 1938-1948