sentences:  Zinovieff was born on 26 January 1933; his parents, Leo Zinovieff and Sofka, née Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, were both Russian aristocrats, who met in London after their families had emigrated to escape the Russian Revolution and soon divorced.During World War II he and his brother Ian lived with their grandparents in Guildford and then with their father in Sussex.He attended Guildford Royal Grammar School, Gordonstoun School and Oxford University, where he earned a doctorate in geology.