▁the ▁position ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁Pay en , ▁lord ▁of ▁Ro che fort . ▁ ▁Stephen ▁was ▁sometimes ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁creation ▁or ▁possession ▁of ▁a ▁bra zen ▁head . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 2 th - century ▁French ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁Carl ▁Ernst ▁August ▁We ihe ▁( 1 7 7 9 – 1 8 3 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁botan ist ▁and ▁phys ician . ▁ ▁We ihe ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁January ▁ 1 7 7 9 ▁at ▁M enn igh ü ffen , ▁the ▁second ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁children ▁born ▁to ▁Karl Just us ▁We ihe ▁( 1 7 5 2 - 1 8 2 9 ), ▁a ▁past or , ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Anna ▁( née ▁Reb ek er ). ▁As ▁he ▁later ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁" M ind ensis ", ▁it ▁is ▁probable ▁that ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁school ing ▁at ▁the ▁G ymnasium ▁in ▁M inden . ▁We ihe ▁was ▁app r entic ed ▁to ▁a ▁ph arm ac ist ▁in ▁B iele feld , ▁before ▁att ending ▁the ▁university ▁at ▁Halle , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁medicine ▁and ▁bot any , ▁receiving ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 8 0 2 . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁doctor ▁at ▁L üt tring hausen ▁( near ▁Rem scheid ) ▁and ▁B ünd e , ▁before ▁moving ▁back ▁to ▁M enn igh ü ffen , ▁where ▁he ▁established ▁a ▁small ▁botan ical ▁garden ▁on ▁land ▁owned ▁by ▁his ▁father . ▁In ▁ 1