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LICHTENBERG, GEORG CHRISTOPH (1742-1799)

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LICHTENBERG, GEORG CHRISTOPH (1742-1799) , See also:German physicist and satirical writer, was See also:born at Oberramstadt, near See also:Darmstadt, on the 1st of See also:July 1742. In 1763 he entered See also:Gottingen university, where in 1769 he became extraordinary See also:professor of physics, and six years later See also:ordinary professor. This See also:post he held till his See also:death on the 24th of See also:February 1799. As a physicist restored it to See also:Prussia in 1834, in return for an See also:annual See also:pension -of £12,000 See also:sterling. The See also:area is about 210 sq. m.

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