Born

28 May 1912
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

Died

25 May 1981
Sydney, New South Wales

Occupation

Physicist and Teacher

Alternative Names

• Hall, Ruby Violet (married name)

Summary

Ruby Scott was assistant physicist in the Physics Department at the University of Sydney, then a teacher at Woodlands Church of England Grammar School, before the outbreak of WWII. Post-war, she worked as a radio engineer with Amalgamated Wireless Australasia. After the birth of her son she became a science teacher at Danebank Anglican School for Girls, where she established a Science Department.