 Complete the following phrase:  Karl Ernst von Baer was born into the Baltic German noble Baer family in the Piep Manor , Jerwen County, Governorate of Estonia in present-day Lääne-Viru County, Estonia, as a knight by birthright. His family was of Westphalian origin and originated in Osnabrück. He spent his early childhood at Lasila manor, Estonia. Many of his ancestors had come from Westphalia. He was educated at the Knight and Cathedral School in Reval Tallinn and the Imperial University of Dorpat Tartu, each of which he found lacking in quality of education. In 1812, during his tenure at the university, he was sent to Riga to aid the city after 