Editing Ruby Payne-Scott (section)

{{short description|Australian radio astronomer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Ruby Payne-Scott
| image             = Peter-hall.ruby.payne-scott.jpg
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| caption           = Payne-Scott as a student in the 1930s, possibly while she was studying at the University of Sydney (1929–1932)
| birth_name = Ruby Violet Payne-Scott
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1912|5|28}}
| birth_place       = [[Grafton, New South Wales]], Australia
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|5|25|1912|5|28}}
| death_place       = [[Mortdale]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality       = [[Australia]]n
| fields            = [[Radio astronomy]], [[radiophysics]], [[Radio-frequency engineering]]
| workplaces        = [[CSIRO]]
| alma_mater        = [[University of Sydney]]
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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 (scientist)|Elizabeth Alexander]]<ref name="Alexander"/>  the New Zealander.