Simon Leather

Simon Leather
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BSc) University of East Anglia (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsForestry Commission, Imperial College London, Harper Adams University
ThesisAspects of the ecology of the bird cherry-cat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L (1980)
Doctoral advisorTony Dixon

Simon R Leather Hon.FRES (13 March 1955 - 27 September 2021)[1][2] was an entomologist in the UK, he was Professor of Entomology at Harper Adams University, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and an expert in aphids and applied entomology.[3]

  1. ^ "Tributes paid to Harper Adams Professor Emeritus Simon Leather". Harper Adams University. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Seven Ages of an Entomologist – Happy 60th Birthday to Me". Don't Forget the Roundabouts. 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Staff Directory - Professor Simon Leather | Harper Adams University". www.harper-adams.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2020.