Victor Westhoff

Victor Westhoff (12 November 1916 in Situbondo, Dutch East Indies – 12 March 2001 in Zeist) was a botanist at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Westhoff published 700 scientific papers on phytosociology and conservation, as well as articles on classical music. In 1988 he was elected an honorary member of the International Association for Vegetation Science.^[1]

Between 1934 and 1942, Westhoff studied biology at Utrecht University and plant sociology with Josias Braun-Blanquet. In August 1945, he presented a paper, "Het biosociologisch onderzoek van natuurmonumenten" that became an influential work behind nature conservation in the Netherlands.^{[citation needed]}

In 1974 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[2]

References

Further reading

• van Berkel, Klaas; Arie Johan Vanderjagt (2006). The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 90-429-1752-0.
• van der Maarel, Eddy; Joop H. J. Schaminée (Dec 2001). "Victor Westhoff (1916-2001)" (PDF). Journal of Vegetation Science. 12 (6). Opulus Press: 887–890. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2001.tb00226.x.

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