It was William Jones in 1706 and pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
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what Englishman introduced the pi symbol, and in what year
William Jones, in 1706
It was introduced by the Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706
The symbol pi (π) for the value was introduced by the English mathematician William Jones (1746-1794). Long before then, the numerical relationship between the diameter and circumference of a circle was known and used.
No. the symbol for pi stems off of the Greek letter pi, probably due to the fact that the discoverer of pi was Greek.