Ernest Scott

This article is about the Australian historian. For the pseudonymous author of the book The People of the Secret, see Ernest Scott (pseudonym). For the baseball player, see Ernest Scott (baseball). For the American physiologist and diabetes researcher, see Ernest Lyman Scott.

Ernest Scott
Scott (left) and William Harrison Moore photographed in the Quadrangle of the Old Law building, University of Melbourne, c. 1914–1918
Born(1867-06-21)21 June 1867
Northampton, England
Died(1939-12-06)6 December 1939
NationalityAustralian
Spouses
  • Mabel Emily Besant (1892-1915)
  • Emily Scott (1916-39)
ChildrenMuriel (1893-1924)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne (1913–36)
Notable students
Main interestsAustralian history
Notable works
  • The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.
  • Short History of Australia

Sir Ernest Scott (21 June 1867 – 6 December 1939) was an Australian historian and professor of history at the University of Melbourne from 1913 to 1936.