# Caspar Wessel

> 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.

*Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer (1745–1818)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/caspar-wessel

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1745-06-08
- **Died:** 1818-03-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Caspar Wessel](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [كاسبر ويسل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84)
- [کاسپر وسل](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84)
- [Kaspar Vessel](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Vessel)
- [Каспар Весель](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Каспар Весел](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Κάσπαρ Βέσελ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81_%CE%92%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BB)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [کاسپر وسل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Caspar Wessel](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
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- [Caspar Wessel](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wessel)
- [Вессель, Каспар](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372017)

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