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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was born in Ober-Ramstadt near Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, the youngest of 17 children. His father, Johann Conrad Lichtenberg [de] (1689–1751), was a pastor ascending through the ranks of the church hierarchy, who eventually became superintendent for Darmstadt. The mother of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was Katharina Henriette Lichtenberg, nee Eckard (1696–1764), daughter of pastor Johann Peter Eckard (1659–1702). His maternal aunt Sophie Elisabeth Eckard (1693–1742) was married composer and harpsichordist Christoph Graupner (1683 ...