William Jones
Mathematician, Author
1675 – 1749
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Who was William Jones?
William Jones, FRS was a Welsh mathematician, most noted for his proposal for the use of the symbol π to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. He was a close friend of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Edmund Halley. In November, 1711 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was later its Vice-President.
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- Born
- 1675
Anglesey - Also known as
- W. Jones
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 3, 1749
London
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on July 23, 2013
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