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==Early life and education== Downing was born in [[County Carlow]] on 13 April 1850, the younger son of Arthur Matthew Downing and Mary Weld.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|last1=Wilkins|first1=George A.|title=Downing, Arthur Matthew Weld (1850β1917)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57899|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57899|accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref> He attended [[Nutgrove]] School, near Rathfarnham, Dublin under the tuition Philip Jones. He then went on to study in [[Trinity College Dublin]], from 1866, receiving a scholarship in science graduating with a BA in 1871 with a gold medal in mathematics. Downing went on to receive a Masters in 1881, and an honorary Doctor of Science in 1893.<ref name="DSB" /><ref name="RAS" />
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