GEORG CHRISTOPH See also:

• LICHTENBERG
• GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG (1742-1799)

LICHTENBERG (1742-1799)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German physicist and satirical writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Oberramstadt, near See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt, on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July 1742 . In 1763 he entered See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen university, where in 1769 he became extraordinary See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of physics, and six years later See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary professor . This See also:

• POST

post he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1799 . As a physicist restored it to See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia in 1834, in return for an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension -of £12,000 See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling . The See also:

• AREA

area is about 210 sq. m .