title: Victor Westhoff
text: # 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. 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.
  
  He is a Honorary Member of the International Association for Vegetation Science (1988).
  
  