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.

[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.

Statue of a botanist in honor of Victor Westhoff in the Springendal in Dinkelland