title: Allan Watt Downie
text: # Allan Watt Downie
  
  Allan Watt Downie FRS (5 September 1901 – 26 January 1988) was a Scottish microbiologist involved in the eradication of smallpox. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1955.
  
  Downie bodies are named for him.
  
  