Victor Westhoff

Statue of Victor Westhoff in the Springendal in Dinkelland

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

Victor Westhoff published 700 scientific papers on phytosociology and conservation, as well as articles on classical music. Westhoff 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.

References

• van Berkel, Klaas; Arie Johan Vanderjagt (2006). The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9042917520. 
• van der Maarel, Eddy; Joop H. J. Schaminée (Dec., 2001). "Victor Westhoff (1916-2001)". Journal of Vegetation Science (Opulus Press) 12 (6): 887–890. http://www.iavs.org/pdf/Westhoff.pdf.