Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)

(based on this biography)

-    Government official, musician, illustrator, writer, and drinker

-    Born 1776 in Königsburg (once capital of Prussia, annexed by Russians and renamed Kalingrad, between Lithuania and Poland: birthplace also of KANT)

-    Father was a lawyer and he became one too for a time

-    Got syphilis from his lover

-    Worked in the theater (composing music, operas) and wrote novellas

• Cagliostro and the Freemasons: http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/esoterica/cagliostro_a/cagliostro_a.html
• Hypertext version of original: http://home.bn-ulm.de/%7Eulschrey/sandmann/start.html