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Name	Ruby Claudia Davy
Born	22 November, 1883 Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	12 July, 1949 (aged 65) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	London College of Music (student) Elder Conservatorium of Music (Adelaide) (student, 1901-1918)
Occupation or Descriptor *	composer (1909-1935) South Australia, Australia pianist (1909-1935) South Australia, Australia music teacher (1920-1935) South Australia, Australia musicologist (1934-1949) South Australia, Australia composer (1935-1949) Victoria, Australia music teacher (1935-1949) Victoria, Australia pianist (1935-1949) Victoria, Australia radio commentator (1935-1949) Victoria, Australia
Legacies *	Dr Ruby Davy prize for composition (University of Adelaide) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Society of Women Musicians of Australia (founding president, 1941-1949)
Workplaces *	Trinity College of Music (London) (fellow, 1921) Davy Conservatorium of Music (Melbourne) (founder, 1938)

* Dates are approximate