GEORG CHRISTOPH

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