| Authorised form of name | Downs; Sir; Diarmuid (1922 - 2014) |
| Dates | 1922 - 2014 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 23/04/1922 |
| Date of death | 12/02/2014 |
| Activity | Education:
Gunnersbury Catholic Grammar School; The Polytechnic, London
Northampton Engineering College, London (First Class Honours, 1942)
Career:
Joined Ricardo and Co in November 1942 on a postgraduate bursary for further research. First a student, then as a member of staff,; Head of Petrol Engine Department, from 1947.
Honours:
Kt 1985; CBE 1979
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1985 |
| Age at election | 62 |
| Code | NA3925 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1985/13 | Downs, Sir Diarmuid: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1982 |
| IM/001199 | Downs, Sir Diarmund | 1977/8 |
| RR/73/281 | Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'A study of the reactions that lead to 'knock' in the spark ignition engine' by Diarmuid Downs, Arthur Donald Walsh and R W Wheeler | 6 December 1950 |
| RR/73/282 | Referee's report by Edmund John Bowen, on a paper 'A study of the reactions that lead to 'knock' in the spark ignition engine' by Diarmuid Downs, Arthur Donald Walsh and R W Wheeler | 14 December 1950 |