ASTRONOMER

Ruby Payne-Scott

1912 - 1981

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Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 – 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was one of two Antipodean women pioneers in radio astronomy and radio physics at the end of the second world war, Ruby Payne-Scott the Australian and Elizabeth Alexander the New Zealander. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruby Payne-Scott has received more than 123,147 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ruby Payne-Scott is the 537th most popular astronomer (down from 437th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Australia (down from 207th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 537 out of 644. Before her are Yoshisada Shimizu, Robert H. McNaught, Grove Karl Gilbert, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Charles Augustus Young, and Kiichirō Furukawa. After her are Seiji Ueda, Mary Proctor, Lawrence H. Aller, Andrew Ainslie Common, Walter Frederick Gale, and Gary Hug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 363. Before her are Willy Bandholz, Achmad Nawir, Hermann Hansen, Les Brown, Francisco Cabañas, and Georgia Coleman. After her are Rudolf Stahl, Anna J. Harrison, Joseph Van Ingelgem, Jadwiga Wajs, Eva Crane, and Wendy Barrie. Among people deceased in 1981, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 251. Before her are Wanda Hendrix, Cecil McMaster, Jack Cameron, Lohengrin Filipello, Alexey Okladnikov, and Humberto Tomasina. After her are Rudolf Geiger, Clemente Yerovi, Louise Lorraine, Jan van Diepenbeek, Hanns Kilian, and Betty McKinnon.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 310 out of 1,143. Before her are Nick Winter (1894), Claudia Black (1972), Melissa George (1976), Bobby Pearce (1905), Leslie Boardman (1889), and Josip Šimunić (1978). After her are Pat Rafter (1972), Faith Leech (1941), Danny Clark (1951), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), Charles Kingsford Smith (1897), and James Scullin (1876).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 2. Before her are John Broughton (1952). After her are Walter Frederick Gale (1865), and Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

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