Johan Herman Wessel (1742 - 1785), was a major name in Norwegian and Danish literature. Some of his satirical and poems are still popular. The traditional restaurant Wesselstuen in Bergen, Norway contains many of his works as decorations.
... life to ministering to the sufferers of Hansen's disease (leprosy) who lived on the island of Molokai, Hawaii.
He was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, the son of a farmer. ...