page_title: Leslie Audus
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Leslie Audus / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Downing College. The Quad in Downing College, Cambridge looking east towards Regent Street. In the centre of the picture is the portico of the college chapel.
context_page_description: Leslie John Audus was a British botanist and an international authority on the hormones that control plant growth. During World War II, while being held in a Japanese internment camp, he cultured yeast to feed and save the lives of his fellow POW's.
context_section_description: He was educated at Soham Grammar School and in 1929 was awarded a scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge. In 1934, he was a Frank Smart University student in Botany, at Cambridge. After receiving his degree, he stayed in Cambridge to pursue postgraduate work. In 1935, he went to University College, Cardiff, where he continued to research plant physiology and taught plant science.
caption: Downing College. The Quad in Downing College, Cambridge looking east towards Regent Street. In the centre of the picture is the portico of the college chapel.
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