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Caspar Wessel

1745 - 1818

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Caspar Wessel (8 June 1745 – 25 March 1818) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar Wessel is the 355th most popular mathematician (up from 371st in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Norway (up from 136th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Caspar Wessel ranks 355 out of 1,004. Before him are Gaston Julia, Andreas Osiander, Johannes Widmann, Kiyosi Itô, Abraham bar Hiyya, and Liu Xin. After him are Al-Sijzi, Paul Neményi, Nicholas Mercator, Francesco Maurolico, John Edensor Littlewood, and George Peacock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Caspar Wessel ranks 26. Before him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Valentin Haüy, Denis Fonvizin, Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, and Isaac Titsingh. After him are Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Bodawpaya, Johann Peter Frank, and Maxim Berezovsky. Among people deceased in 1818, Caspar Wessel ranks 22. Before him are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Leopold Koželuch, Warren Hastings, Paul Revere, and Marcello Bacciarelli. After him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Olof Swartz, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Anne Vallayer-Coster, and Herman Willem Daendels.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Caspar Wessel ranks 133 out of 1,039. Before him are Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Kåre Willoch (1928), Viggo Brun (1885), Varg Vikernes (1973), Harriet Backer (1845), and Kitty Lange Kielland (1843). After him are Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Thorleif Haug (1894), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), John Lyng (1905), and Thorbjørn Egner (1912).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Caspar Wessel ranks 6. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Sophus Lie (1842), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Atle Selberg (1917), and Viggo Brun (1885). After him are Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Carl Størmer (1874), Axel Thue (1863), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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