His PhD thesis was a study of the ecology of freshwater leeches .
Ironmonger was born in Nairobi , Kenya , and attended St Lawrence College , a boarding school in Ramsgate , Kent , before studying as a Zoologist at Nottingham and Liverpool universities .
Ironmonger 's PhD thesis was a study of the ecology of freshwater leeches .
Ironmonger was born in Nairobi , Kenya , and attended St Lawrence College , a boarding school in Ramsgate , Kent , before studying as a Zoologist at Nottingham and Liverpool universities .