Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
(1742-1799) Influential German satirist. Made discoveries in physics. He leaned towards theoretical materialism, and yet had a strong religious (Spinozistic) element. — H.H.
Main worksBriefe aus England, 1776-8; editor of Gttingisches Mag. d. Literatur u. Wissensch., 1780-2; Ausfhrlkhe Erklrung d. Hogarthschen Kupferstiche, 1794-9.