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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 117,042 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ruby Payne-Scott is the 437th most popular astronomer (up from 445th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Australia (up from 218th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Astronomer.

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  • 120k

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  • 45.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 437 out of 531. Before her are Schelte J. Bus, Chushiro Hayashi, Pelageya Shajn, Edward Pigott, James Gunn, and Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent. After her are Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, William Rutter Dawes, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Henry Smyth, and John Stanley Plaskett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 277. Before her are Anton Buttigieg, Lauro Amadò, Hércules de Miranda, Niginho, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, and Ted Drake. After her are Wálter Guevara, Hideo Itokawa, Erik Larsson, Annemarie Heinrich, Carmelo Robledo, and Virgilio Piñera. Among people deceased in 1981, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 185. Before her are Hermann Pilnik, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Nils Asther, Josef Silný, Delfo Cabrera, and Beulah Bondi. After her are Aníbal Ciocca, Gregory Breit, Beatrice Tinsley, Antonio Suárez, Paul Bontemps, and Richard Boone.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 207 out of 925. Before her are Bob Daisley (1950), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Ken McGregor (1929), Costas Mandylor (1965), Nathan Jones (1970), and Mark Oliphant (1901). After her are John Winter (1924), Teresa Palmer (1986), Mark Schwarzer (1972), Steven Bradbury (1973), Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936), and Isabel Lucas (1985).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 1. After her are Walter Frederick Gale (1865) and John Broughton (1952).

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