Background
Westhoff, Victor was born on November 12, 1916 in Sitoebondo, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Son of Joan Frederik and Petronella Maria (Schols) Westhoff.
Westhoff, Victor was born on November 12, 1916 in Sitoebondo, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Son of Joan Frederik and Petronella Maria (Schols) Westhoff.
Master of Science, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1947.
Assistant in botany University Utrecht, 1938-1943. Head department Dutch Touring Club, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1943-1947. Science officer University Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1947-1956.
Science head officer State Institute Nature Conservation Research, 1957-1968. Part-time professor botany University Nymegen, The Netherlands, 1967-1968, professor botany The Netherlands, 1968-1981. Science advisor Society for Promotion of Nature Reserves, The Netherlands, 1947-1968.
Member State Council for Nature Conservation 1951-1981.
Fellow Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences (life). Member British Ecological Society (honorary), International Association for Vegetation Science (honorary).
Married Jeanette de Joncheere, July 22, 1942. Children: Maja, Hugo Boudewyn, Iris Angelica, Edwin Arthur, Erna Rosalinde.