Alfred Christian Fleckenstein

Alfred Christian Fleckenstein (1871-1952) was an American writer.

Born on June 23, 1871, in Mount Vernon, New York,[1][2] the son of Christian Henry Fleckenstein and Frances Youngck. He attended the University of Pennsylvania between 1889 and 1893 and graduated in 1893, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree. From 1894 to 1897 he worked as an Instructor of Mechanical Engineering in Pennsylvania.[3]

From 1887 to 1888 he was a member of the First Regiment of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.[3]

In 1898 he joined the United States Volunteer Army.[4]

He married Effie W. Jester, and had one son, Richard J. Fleckenstein.[1][2]

He died in 1952.[5]

In 1898 he published his sole work of fiction, the fantastic romance The Prince of Gravas,[6][7] cited in the list of classics of fantastic literature by Robert Reginald and Douglas Menville in "Classics of Fantastic Literature, Selected Review Essays".[8]

References
  1. https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-York/Alfred-C-Fleckenstein_hcpd0
  2. https://peoplelegacy.com/effie_fleckenstein-1.5P6I
  3. "Record to 1930". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. The Class of '93, The University of Pennsylvania, Record to 1930 https://archive.org/details/recordto193000univ/page/30/mode/2up
  5. "Alfred C Fleckenstein (1871-1952) buried in Mount Peace Cemetery located in Saint Cloud, FL | People Legacy".
  6. General Alumni Catalogue Of The University Of Pennsylvania, p. 136, (140 in the online document) https://archive.org/details/GeneralAlumniCatalogueOfTheUniversityOfPennsylvania1917/page/n139/mode/2up
  7. "The Prince of Gravas; a story of the past". Philadelphia, G. W. Jacobs & co. 1898.
  8. Robert Reginald and Douglas Menville, "Classics of Fantastic Literature, Selected Review Essays", p.64. Wildside Press, 2005
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