# I Know Who Invented Pi

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 21, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-who-invented-pi/128955 "2002-09-21T05:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![resin8er42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@resin8er42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resin8er42)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-who-invented-pi/128955/1 "2002-09-21T05:46:30Z")

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I thought this one was obvious. The man who invented pi was one of the members of King Arthur’s Court. He was the one who invented the roud table, Sir Cumference. 😃

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-who-invented-pi/128955/2 "2002-09-21T12:59:15Z")

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Eh.

[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpiorigin.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpiorigin.html)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-who-invented-pi/128955/3 "2002-09-22T18:20:13Z")

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Naw, **bibliopahge** was right that it was a woman who invented pi. Specifically, my grandmother. Or if she didn’t invent it, she certainly did a great deal to develop the idea and popularize it. Why no mention of her, bib?