Caspar Wessel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Caspar Wessel

Norwegian mathematician

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1745

Place of Birth: Vestby, Akershus, Norway

Date of Death: 25-Mar-1818

Profession: mathematician, cartographer

Nationality: Norway, Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Caspar Wessel (June 8, 1745, Vestby – March 25, 1818, Copenhagen) was a Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer.
In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the complex plane.
He was the younger brother of poet and playwright Johan Herman Wessel.