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. In 1988 he was elected an honorary member of the International Association for Vegetation Science.{{Cite web | url=http://iavs.org/Awards/Honorary-Members.aspx |title = IAVS - Honorary Members}}

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|date=March 2024}}

In 1974 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00003815 |title=Victor Westhoff (1916 - 2001) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=31 July 2015}}

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| first = Klaas

| authorlink = Klaas van Berkel

|author2=Arie Johan Vanderjagt

| title = The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History

| publisher = Peeters Publishers

| year = 2006

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| isbn = 90-429-1752-0

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  • {{cite journal

| last = van der Maarel

| first = Eddy

| authorlink = Eddy van der Maarel

| author2=Joop H. J. Schaminée

| title = Victor Westhoff (1916-2001)

| journal = Journal of Vegetation Science

| volume = 12

| issue = 6

| pages = 887–890

| publisher = Opulus Press

| date = Dec 2001

| url = http://www.iavs.org/pdf/Westhoff.pdf

| doi = 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2001.tb00226.x

| bibcode = 2001JVegS..12..887V

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