Career
He has published journal articles about aphid life cycles and forest entomology. He was educated at King George V School (Hong Kong), Ripon Grammar School, the University of Leeds (Bachelor of Science Agricultural Zoology with first-class honours, 1977) and the University of East Anglia (Doctor of Philosophy, 1980). Leather moved to Harper Adams University after a long career at Imperial College London.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
