Victor Westhoff
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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. He was a member of the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Between 1934 and 1942, Westhoff studied biology at Utrecht University and plant sociology with Josias Braun-Blanquet. In August 1945, Westhoff presented a paper, "Het biosociologisch onderzoek van natuurmonumenten" that became a significant work behind nature conservation in the Netherlands.
In 1974 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1]
He is a Honorary Member of the International Association for Vegetation Science (1988).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Victor Westhoff (1916 - 2001)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "IAVS - Honorary Members".
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). . Opulus Press. 12 (6): 887–890. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2001.tb00226.x.
- 1916 births
- 2001 deaths
- Phytogeographers
- Dutch phytogeographers
- Conservation biologists
- Utrecht University alumni
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Radboud University Nijmegen faculty
- People from Situbondo Regency
- 20th-century botanists
- 20th-century Dutch botanists
- European botanist stubs
- Dutch scientist stubs