Caspar Wessel 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 and vectors.

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Occupation: mathematician, cartographer, geodesist, surveyor
Citizenship: Norway, Kingdom of Denmark
Born: June 8, 1745
Died: March 25, 1818

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Caspar Wessel

Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer (1745–1818)

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